Object-focused mixed reality storytelling: technology-driven content creation and dissemination for engaging user experiences

Darzentas, Dimitrios; Flintham, Martin; Benford, Steve

Abstract

In this paper we present the creation and deployment of a concerted set of Mixed Reality Technologies designed for creating engaging public experiences and enhanced storytelling opportunities focused on artefacts. Under the title of the Mixed Reality Storytelling (MXRS) project, we combined Internet of Things-inspired approaches and Virtual and Augmented Reality experience technologies, with 3D scanning content creation techniques, to create mobile and adaptable tools suitable for public engagements and industry partners, such as museums and galleries. We present 4 cases of public impact events where the tools were employed over a period of 2 years to create content from visitor contributions, which was then used in follow-on VR and AR engagements. We also demonstrate cases where the tools were used to create content for novel applications of cultural and social informatics.

Citation

Darzentas, D., Flintham, M., & Benford, S. (2018). Object-focused mixed reality storytelling: technology-driven content creation and dissemination for engaging user experiences. In PCI '18: Proceedings of the 22nd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (278-281). https://doi.org/10.1145/3291533.3291588

• Conference Name: PCI '18: 22nd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics
• Conference Location: Athens Greece
• Start Date: Nov 29, 2018
• End Date: Dec 1, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Nov 29, 2018
• Publication Date: 2018-11
• Deposit Date: Mar 16, 2022
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
• Pages: 278-281
• Book Title: PCI '18: Proceedings of the 22nd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics
• ISBN: 978-1-4503-6610-6
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3291533.3291588
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2854956