An augmented reality system for the BPM based on the museum circle
| atmire.migration.oldid | 168 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Levy, Richard M. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Boyd, Jeffrey E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mor, Liraz | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-12T22:25:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-13T08:01:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-07-12 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2012 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Museums enrich our lives. By presenting knowledge, culture, history and more, the museum experience can add interest and fun to our day. But how do people experience museum visits? Moreover, how can museums stimulate people to return? Augmented reality (AR) can intensify a museum experience and contribute to learning, education and the training process. People can learn more easily when they are active and involved with their environment. Traditionally, most visual arts do not require the visitorsʼ active engagement, aside from looking and thinking about the artworks presented. As a result, there is a limit to the artworks ability to transfer only a fraction of the information that can be transferred. When people are actively engaged in an educational experience, there is potential for them to develop an emotional experience. AR can be a new way to enrich a museum experience and encourage visitors to return. This Thesis research explores the design of an interactive educational installation using AR. A is a growing field, AR enables the user to simultaneously explore their physical surroundings while accessing computer-generated visual data. This research was done in collaboration with the Banff Park Museum (BPM) National Historic Site of Canada. The museum has been in existence for over 100 years, and it mainly holds preserved taxidermy specimens as well as some geological artifacts and historical documentations. Although the museum holds historical significance, it struggles to keep its relevance to some modern day audiences. Furthermore, the taxidermy elicits a negative emotional response for a number of visitors, as values and traditions change over time. This research suggests a set of guidelines for creating a system based on AR for a handheld device for easy use in the museum. The AR system would give the visitors additional computer-graphic information about the specimens presented in the museum. By building a museum theory, and by using guidelines to create the AR system, this research hopes to increase in the future the visitorsʼ interest in the museum content. Furthermore, as a result of increasing the visitorsʼ interests, it is hoped that those visitors who previously recoiled from the taxidermy would now have a more positive emotional response, or at the very least - acceptance. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mor, L. (2012). An augmented reality system for the BPM based on the museum circle (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24842 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/24842 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/109 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Environmental Design | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject | Art | |
| dc.subject.classification | Guidlines | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Museum | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Computer Science | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Design | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Application | en_US |
| dc.title | An augmented reality system for the BPM based on the museum circle | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (MSc) | |
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