ARgos – Augmented Reality in Volos – Greece

ARgos – Augmented Reality in Volos – Greece
by Joatan Preis Dutra
Summary
Information ................................................................................................................................ 2
Topic....................................................................................................................................... 2
Short Description of the Project ............................................................................................. 2
Members of the team .............................................................................................................. 2
Disciplines in this project ....................................................................................................... 2
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3
WizARt Tool.............................................................................................................................. 4
Concept and files for "ARgos" project ...................................................................................... 6
The "ARgos" app ....................................................................................................................... 8
Live Action / Videos ................................................................................................................ 10
Screenshots .............................................................................................................................. 11
Results ...................................................................................................................................... 18
Contact ..................................................................................................................................... 18
ARgos – Augmented Reality in Volos
Information
Topic
Augmented Reality, junaio, Cultural Heritage, Mythology, History, Tourism
Short Description of the Project
This project aims to investigate how augmented reality tool can be used for cultural tourism,
with mythology and city history’s content applied for Volos / Greece.
Members of the team
Joatan Preis Dutra <joatan@gmail.com>
Δημήτρης Κοφινάς <dimitristheokofinas@gmail.com>
Disciplines in this project
This project is a multidisciplinary one, dealing with Augmented Reality technologies, mobile
devices, mythology and history content.
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Introduction
It is far behind the time when, in order to enjoy a historical and cultural experience, it was
necessary to visit a museum or to buy a guide to check the information about the monuments
and historical buildings in a city. Despite the importance of these institutions and options, the
technology allows the expansion of the concept one step further, and the cities itself can be
considered open air museums.
The spread and importance of mobile devices, as smartphones, on everyday activities is well
known. It is possible to list several features that allows people to navigate and access contextaware information, such as GPS, QR code scanners, augmented reality (AR), just to mention a
few.
But the combination of augmented reality and cultural heritage content it is still not clear, from
the effectiveness perspective. Some apps are already displaying touristic information using AR,
such as Wikitude, Tripwolf, Junaio and others.
With the Wizart CMS Tool, which combines different media files (audio, video, 3d, text, links,
etc) elements with Junaio, it is possible to use AR to achieve cultural information, creating a
different approach on current AR apps, which could lead for interesting investigations. One
possibility, among others, is the use of iconographic elements (combining comics characters,
icons and text) that would trigger the information according to the proximity of the user, based
on GPS location.
The target content for this project is the mythological and touristic information regarding the
city of Volos, Greece and whereabouts. The content deals as myths such Jason and Argos,
Argonauts, Centaurs in Pelion Mountain, but contemporary information as well, as Giorgio di
Chirico, Port of Volos, and so on.
This project aims to explore new tools and ways to present historical content for mobile users.
The Wizart CMS Tool combined with the “3rd EINS Summer School” was an ideal scenario to
experiment cultural content using AR, being a perfect opportunity to go beyond, towards
something more pragmatic, and where it is possible to empirically validate some of the
developed propositions, offering a unique opportunity to analyze the use of AR and Cultural
Heritage content.
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WizARt Tool
This project was developed using the WizARt CMS Tool, developed by Luciano Pinna.
Wizart consists of an intuitive web-based CMS and a Junaio channel with which the AR can
be experienced. With the CMS users can upload images, 3D models, audio and even video to
be displaced somewhere in augmented space. These can be further enhanced by adding all
kinds of animations and realtime lighting.
AR objects are placed in Wizart according to the bubble principle. A bubble is defined at a
GPS location via the CMS. Once a viewer enters the bubble all objects that are attached to that
bubble are displayed. The objects are unloaded when the viewer leaves the bubble again. This
principle provides a robust way of experiencing AR and enables almost endless content.
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Among the more advanced features of Wizart are built-in routes, dynamic lightning, stop
motion animation, multi-user asset management, realtime sockets connection, multiple file
uploads, powerful search functions. Furthermore, you can build and test individual pois or
objects from anywhere with anybody. Wizart is running on a LAMP platform with a node.js
server in parallel for realtime interactions, and using Junaio as the primary AR browser. Junaio
is available on iOS and Android, for mobile phones and tablets.
To know more about WizARt: http://augmentnl.com/wizart-in-art-education/
The developed App works in this way:
1 – Install the Junaio App on your
mobile devide (iOS or Android);
2 – Scan the developed QRCode with
Junaio;
3 – Experience the Augmented
Reality, navigating with the available
compass.
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Concept and files for "ARgos" project
The available information is divided in several media types, categorized as: audio, text,
video, comics and link (to external content). The idea was to get historical - and official information regarding Volos and region, but also to show how the cultural and mythological
information about Volos are portrayed on participatory media, as twitter.
The media files are based on the scheme:
The 15 selected media files were placed in 3 different POI (Point of Interest) spread in the
main promenade of VOlos, positioned next to the content relation.
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The media selection, by POI are:
POI 1
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Image: Map of Argonaut´s Journey Travel
Audio: About Jason and Argonauts
Text (long): About the Argonauts
Text (short): About the Golden Fleece
Twitter: Tweets about Argonauts & Volos
POI 2
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Audio: Centaurs and Mountain Pelion
Twitter: Tweets about Centaurs and Mountain Pelion
Text: About Agios Konstantinos Church
Text: About University Thessaly
Video: Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs
POI 3
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Image: Slide-show about Giorgio di Chirico
Image: About Tsipouradiko
Text: About the Archeological Site of Sesklo
Text: About the Port of Volos
Video: Volos (by Atlas Visual)
For each medium type, there is an avatar to trigger the information. The avatar usually is
performing an action related to the medium type, sometimes the avatar can be related to the
content. Each avatar, accompanied with a medium icon and file description, as image below:
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The "ARgos" app
To use the ARgo application, first it is needed to be in Volos´ Promenade with junaio installed
in an iOS / Android phone, and scan the following QR Code:
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If you are not in Volos, or even not in Greece, you can have a preview look on the POIs by
scanning the following QR Codes, with junaio app, from any place on Earth:
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Live Action / Videos
Here there are three videos showing how the ARgos works on real site, for each developed
POI:
POI 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsLT5bTbpRg
POI 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Jsukn46Ig
POI 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu1sxG6nzuM
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Screenshots
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Results
Final Presentation file for download:
http://internet-science.eu/sites/internet-science.eu/files/uploads/ARgos%20Presentation%20and%20Results.pdf
Contact
Joatan Preis Dutra
e-mail: joatan@gmail.com
joatan.preis.dutra@uni-weimar.de
url:
www.joatan.com
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