ITACITUS Enhancing Cultural tourism iTACITUS Receives Funding from the European Commissions IST Programme: IST- 034520.

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]