This is a description of a mixed reality game for smartphones, "Skansen", currently in development. The application uses Bluetooth beacon nodes as thae backbone for interacting with the physical environment and specific points of interest (POI), , which in turn unlocks content that the users can view and interact with on their smartphone screen. The last two decades have seen a growing trend towards increasing the accessibility to content stored at memory sites, such as museums and historical sites, part of the, cultural heritage,e and historical sites as and well as nature and science centres, part of the natural heritage. The potential for a positive impact on society and the enlightenment of the individual and general quality of life of its citizens is evident in recent studies that show how memory sites can enrich citizens through identity, cultural insight, social inclusion and democratic participation. This is achieved by acting as both formal and informal knowledge and learning spaces (Dodd and Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, 2014). Forums built around and for memory sites can promote empowerment, wellbeing, participation and, foster communities and have people engage in their societycreate inclusivity. However, recent research into young people’s perception of own museum views have revealedreveals that, contrary to the fact that they think memory sites are interesting, they lackthere’s a lack of motivation to visit them (Drotner et al., 2017). Today, exhibitions around the world include an increasing number of technology-driven, digital design interventions, to open up the museum space to a broader public and to make exhibitions more accessible.

Mixed Reality Game Using Bluetooth Beacons for Exhibitions / Krishnasamy, Rameshnath; Khan, Sara; Germak, Claudio. - ELETTRONICO. - (2018). (Intervento presentato al convegno EVA 2018 - conference on electronic visualisation of the arts tenutosi a London (UK) nel 10th - 12th July 2018).

Mixed Reality Game Using Bluetooth Beacons for Exhibitions

Sara Khan;Claudio Germak
2018

Abstract

This is a description of a mixed reality game for smartphones, "Skansen", currently in development. The application uses Bluetooth beacon nodes as thae backbone for interacting with the physical environment and specific points of interest (POI), , which in turn unlocks content that the users can view and interact with on their smartphone screen. The last two decades have seen a growing trend towards increasing the accessibility to content stored at memory sites, such as museums and historical sites, part of the, cultural heritage,e and historical sites as and well as nature and science centres, part of the natural heritage. The potential for a positive impact on society and the enlightenment of the individual and general quality of life of its citizens is evident in recent studies that show how memory sites can enrich citizens through identity, cultural insight, social inclusion and democratic participation. This is achieved by acting as both formal and informal knowledge and learning spaces (Dodd and Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, 2014). Forums built around and for memory sites can promote empowerment, wellbeing, participation and, foster communities and have people engage in their societycreate inclusivity. However, recent research into young people’s perception of own museum views have revealedreveals that, contrary to the fact that they think memory sites are interesting, they lackthere’s a lack of motivation to visit them (Drotner et al., 2017). Today, exhibitions around the world include an increasing number of technology-driven, digital design interventions, to open up the museum space to a broader public and to make exhibitions more accessible.
2018
978-1-78017-454-9
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