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iTACITUS
Enhancing Cultural tourism
iTACITUS Receives Funding from the European Commissions IST Programme: IST- 034520
iTACITUS
iTACITUS Receives Funding from the European Commissions IST Programme: IST- 034520
British Maritime Technology
Tony Evans
iTACITUS
Enhancing Cultural tourism
The iTacitus project aims to:
1. Improve access to information in cultural heritage sites by providing access to rich content including augmented reality through a hand held device.
2. Improve the accessibility of cultural heritage sites and overall experience of cultural tourists by enabling customised personalised walking and public transport tours of urban areas.
iTACITUS Receives Funding from the European Commissions IST Programme: IST- 034520
The User story
Plan their itinerary. Seamless integration of public
transport and walking.
Be guided through the city. Dynamic route updating.
At each cultural heritage site: Experience expanding Augmented
Reality content
Off The Beaten track. – Planning an Itinerary
User PerspectiveWhat is there to do and what will I like?
System Perspective Present the user with an intuitive view Automatically calculate transport timings Hide the nuts and bolts
piazza Castello
Cross piazzetta Reale
turn left
continue past Duomo di San Giovanni{add to itinery} {more information} {near by activities}
Displays route map and public transport instructions
Itinerary can be modified on the go allowing the tourist to explore at leisure.
Contextual information about their location and nearby attractions can be viewed.
iTACITUS : Under the hood
Crossing the Digital Divide. – Enabling Rich Media
Enhancing a heritage siteLinking digital content to the visit
Interactive Audio Visual Experience
Augmenting Reality based system
Animation is a great way to capture user attention
Augmented Reality combines what is physically present with rich media content
Interaction between the media provide an immersive experience
Builds upon what is present, not a virtual experience
More then Meets the Eye. – Augmented Reality
Component-based authoring parametric 3D models semantics-based scenario enactment
Tools to create an interesting story for non-technically-trained authors
Initial focus on applications with re-usable 3D models – e.g. traditional attire
Power to the People. – Intuitive Authoring
Summary – What is iTACITUS
iTACITUS is a service that aims to provide a bespoke tourist experience for the individual, based upon a dispersed repository of historical and cultural resources, enabling both location-based and location-independent services. The services provided will include audiovisual, VR and organisational components, and will be delivered in a flexible and timely fashion.
iTACITUS
National Technical University of Athens
Fraunhofer Institute für Computer Graphics
Hampshire County Council
Centro Studi sui Sistemi di Transporto
TXT group
iTACITUS Receives Funding from the European Commissions IST Programme: IST- 034520
Tony Evans – [email protected]
