Augmented Reality to Enhance Visitors’ Experience at Archaeological Sites

Samuli Laato; Antti Laato

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-45691-7_32

Augmented Reality to Enhance Visitors’ Experience at Archaeological Sites

Samuli Laato
, Antti Laato

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Abstract

After archaeological excavations are completed, many of the sites are prepared for visitors by including things such as (1) scientific interpretations of what the uncovered structures might represent, (2) reconstructions of ancient structures and (3) historical items or artifacts found during excavations. In addition to these, technology including augmented reality (AR) can be used to provide additional information on site. We study how currently popular global location-based AR games are supplementing the visitors experience at three archaeological sites in the Levant: Tel Hazor, Tel Megiddo and Tel Gezer by inspecting virtual points of interest (PoIs) in the game Ingress Prime. In the three locations, the virtual PoIs are linked to real world locations, however, they cover only a fraction of the visible archaeological structures. A bias was seen in the PoI names and descriptions towards certain archaeological interpretations. We propose location-based AR games should utilize as rigorous information of archaeological sites as possible, in order to provide players the possibility to learn real history in an accurate way.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies
Editors	Álvaro Rocha, Hojjat Adeli, Luís Paulo Reis, Sandra Costanzo, Irena Orovic, Fernando Moreira
Publisher	Springer
Pages	349–358
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-45691-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-45690-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45691-7_32
Publication status	Published - 8 Jun 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies - Montenegro, Budva Duration: 7 Apr 2020 → 10 Apr 2020 Conference number: 2020

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	1160
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)	2194-5365

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Conference	World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies
Abbreviated title	WorldCIST
City	Budva
Period	07/04/20 → 10/04/20

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Laato, S., & Laato, A. (2020). Augmented Reality to Enhance Visitors’ Experience at Archaeological Sites. In Á. Rocha, H. Adeli, L. Paulo Reis, S. Costanzo, I. Orovic, & F. Moreira (Eds.), Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies (Vol. 2, pp. 349–358). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1160). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45691-7_32

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Laato, S & Laato, A 2020, Augmented Reality to Enhance Visitors’ Experience at Archaeological Sites. in Á Rocha, H Adeli, L Paulo Reis, S Costanzo, I Orovic & F Moreira (eds), Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies. vol. 2, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 1160, Springer, pp. 349–358, World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, Budva, 07/04/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45691-7_32

Augmented Reality to Enhance Visitors’ Experience at Archaeological Sites. / Laato, Samuli; Laato, Antti.
Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies. ed. / Álvaro Rocha; Hojjat Adeli; Luís Paulo Reis; Sandra Costanzo; Irena Orovic; Fernando Moreira. Vol. 2 Springer, 2020. p. 349–358 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1160).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Published conference proceeding › Scientific › peer-review

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