A hybrid augmented reality guide for underwater cultural heritage sites

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14330%2F20%3A00115363" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14330/20:00115363 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00779-019-01354-6" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00779-019-01354-6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00779-019-01354-6" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00779-019-01354-6</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A hybrid augmented reality guide for underwater cultural heritage sites

Original language description

Modern technologies allow us to experience cultural heritage sites in new and exciting ways. Recent improvements in mobile computing provide tools capable of running augmented reality in real-time performance. Augmented reality is the perfect medium for visualizing and interacting with cultural heritage sites including both buildings and artefacts. Currently, this is possible on land, but sites located in the sea under water are hard to access and present many challenges. In this paper, we present a novel augmented reality guide for divers to present ancient lost buildings at underwater archeological sites. The prototype system runs on a smartphone sealed in a waterproof case and uses a hybrid approach (markers and inertial sensors) to localize the diver on the site. Accuracy of the tracker is measured in a laboratory in a simulated underwater environment. The application was experimentally evaluated at an underwater archeological site in Italy in Baiae. A pilot study with ten expert divers was performed, and their feedback, obtained directly in water, showed that this new experience significantly enhances user experience in underwater archeological sites.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10200 - Computer and information sciences

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

ISSN

1617-4909

e-ISSN

1617-4917

Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

815-828

UT code for WoS article

000516479500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85079756264