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Visiting a virtual graveyard: designing virtual reality cultural heritage experiences

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Jonna Häkkilä,

Sanni Mustonen,

Toni Westerlund,

Ashley ColleyAuthors Info & Claims

MUM '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

Article No.: 56, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/3365610.3368425

Published: 26 November 2019 Publication History

Abstract

Virtual reality offers a potential solution to enable visiting inaccessible cultural heritage sites. We present the design, prototyping and evaluation (n = 6) of a virtual visit to a historic graveyard. The Salla World War II graveyard is located in an inaccessible border zone between Finland and Russia. Our virtual graveyard, accessed through a head mounted display, aimed to create an as accurate as possible simulation of the Salla graveyard, including its atmosphere. Users are enabled to navigate the virtual graveyard and place a candle on a grave. Although the simulation was considered immersive, participants wished for more authenticity and details, e.g. being able to light the virtual candle. The work opens discussion on the need for dignity in the design of virtual experiences for sensitive cultural heritage sites.

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Index Terms

Visiting a virtual graveyard: designing virtual reality cultural heritage experiences
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
      1. User studies
  2. Visualization
    1. Visualization application domains
      1. Information visualization

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MUM '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

November 2019

462 pages

ISBN:9781450376242

DOI:10.1145/3365610

General Chair:
Fabio Paternò
CNR-ISTI, Italy
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Giulio Jacucci
University of Helsinki, Finland
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Michael Rohs
University of Hannover, Germany
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Carmen Santoro
CNR-ISTI, Italy

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