Presentation of innovative digital tour guide app with holograms
Ionian University
10 Dec 2021
/ 17:09
CORFU. By the Interactive Arts Research Laboratory (inArts) of the Ionian University Department of Audio and Visual Arts.
The Interactive Arts Research Laboratory (inArts) of the Ionian University Department of Audio and Visual Arts is organising a workshop to present innovative technologies in the framework of the project ‘Digital Tour Guide using Augmented Reality and Holograms’ on Tuesday 14 December 2021 at 17:15 - 19:00, at the Department of History Amphitheatre (I. Theotoki 72).
This is an innovative project which is implemented by the Interactive Arts Laboratory (INARTS) of the Ionian University Department of Audio and Visual Arts with the Scientific Assistant Professor Ioannis Deligiannis in collaboration with the Corfu Inspectorate of Antiquities. The project is funded by the European Union and the Operational Programme ‘Ionian Islands 2014-2020’.
The innovative app developed in the framework of the abovementioned project is intended to be used by users of the Corfu Old Town monument and will provide useful and reliable information, accompanied by high quality audiovisual material for more than 80 points of interest.
The narrative combined with the use of new technological tools – such as holographic modelling and projection of the content, use of 360˚ video, use of the geographic information system, connection of all the points through thematic routes and extensive accessibility features provided – allow, for the first time, the user to be able to identify the elements that make up the UNESCO Site in Corfu Old Town and explore hidden aspects that are often not visible, even when the visitor is right next to it.
At the same time the app is designed taking into account the needs of important user groups, such as:
- Tourist guides working at the monument, providing them with advanced features they can use with the visitors.
- Hotel owners and tourism businesses that can use it as a tool to present the monument and its special features.
- Study, maintenance and promotion organisations which now have a new mapping tool available.
- Management authorities, for which, through the use of usage data, it can identify problems of accessibility to the monument.
A particularly important feature is the active and fully anonymous support of individuals with limited accessibility to the content.
This innovative app will be available free of charge for the next 10 years to all user groups (visitors, students, pupils, teachers, researchers, tourism professionals, local authorities, etc.) and it is supported by the Ionian University, thus, contributing to the preservation and promotion of our island’s cultural heritage.
This is an innovative project which is implemented by the Interactive Arts Laboratory (INARTS) of the Ionian University Department of Audio and Visual Arts with the Scientific Assistant Professor Ioannis Deligiannis in collaboration with the Corfu Inspectorate of Antiquities. The project is funded by the European Union and the Operational Programme ‘Ionian Islands 2014-2020’.
The innovative app developed in the framework of the abovementioned project is intended to be used by users of the Corfu Old Town monument and will provide useful and reliable information, accompanied by high quality audiovisual material for more than 80 points of interest.
The narrative combined with the use of new technological tools – such as holographic modelling and projection of the content, use of 360˚ video, use of the geographic information system, connection of all the points through thematic routes and extensive accessibility features provided – allow, for the first time, the user to be able to identify the elements that make up the UNESCO Site in Corfu Old Town and explore hidden aspects that are often not visible, even when the visitor is right next to it.
At the same time the app is designed taking into account the needs of important user groups, such as:
- Tourist guides working at the monument, providing them with advanced features they can use with the visitors.
- Hotel owners and tourism businesses that can use it as a tool to present the monument and its special features.
- Study, maintenance and promotion organisations which now have a new mapping tool available.
- Management authorities, for which, through the use of usage data, it can identify problems of accessibility to the monument.
A particularly important feature is the active and fully anonymous support of individuals with limited accessibility to the content.
This innovative app will be available free of charge for the next 10 years to all user groups (visitors, students, pupils, teachers, researchers, tourism professionals, local authorities, etc.) and it is supported by the Ionian University, thus, contributing to the preservation and promotion of our island’s cultural heritage.
