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Improving Accessibility to Intangible Cultural Heritage Preservation using Virtual Reality.

Selmanovic, E., Rizvic, S., Harvey, C., Boskovic, D., Hulusic, V., Chahin, M. and Sljivo, S., 2020. Improving Accessibility to Intangible Cultural Heritage Preservation using Virtual Reality. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 13 (2), 13.

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DOI: 10.1145/3377143

Abstract

Presentations of virtual Cultural Heritage artifacts are often communicated via the medium of interactive digital storytelling. The synergy of a storied narrative embedded within a 3D virtual reconstruction context have high consumer appeal and edutainment value. We investigate if 360◦ videos presented through virtual reality further contribute to user immersion for the application of preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage. A case study then analyses whether conventional desktop media is significantly different than virtual reality as a medium for immersion in intangible heritage contexts. The case study describes bridge diving at Stari Most, the old bridge in Mostar Bosnia. This application aims to present and preserve the bridge diving tradition at this site. The project describes the site and history along with cultural connections, a series of quiz questions are presented after viewing all of the materials. Successful completion of the quiz allows a user to participate in a virtual bridge dive. The subjective evaluation provided evidence to suggest that our method is successful in preserving intangible heritage and communicating ideas in key areas of concern for this heritage that can be used to develop a preservation framework in the future. It was also possible to conclude that experience within the VR framework did not affect Effort Expectancy for the web application, but the same experience made a significant influence for the Performance Expectancy construct.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:1556-4673
Uncontrolled Keywords:virtual reality; intangible cultural heritage; head mounted display; storytelling
Group:Faculty of Science & Technology
ID Code:33562
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:03 Mar 2020 11:28
Last Modified:14 Mar 2022 14:20

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