The Westwood Experience: Connecting story to locations via Mixed Reality

The Westwood Experience is a location-based narrative using Mixed Reality effects to connect participants to unique and evocative real locations, bridging the gap between the real and story worlds. This paper describes the experience and a detailed evaluation of it. The experience itself centers aro...

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Published in2010 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality - Arts, Media, and Humanities pp. 39 - 46
Main Authors Wither, J, Allen, R, Samanta, V, Hemanus, J, Yun-Ta Tsai, Azuma, R, Carter, W, Hinman, R, Korah, T
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2010
Subjects
Buildings
Cryptography
Games
Interviews
Linear Narratives
Location Based Experiences
Media
Mixed Reality
Mobile communication
Mobile Devices
Virtual reality
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Summary:The Westwood Experience is a location-based narrative using Mixed Reality effects to connect participants to unique and evocative real locations, bridging the gap between the real and story worlds. This paper describes the experience and a detailed evaluation of it. The experience itself centers around a narrative told by the "mayor" of Westwood. He tells a love story from his youth when he first came to Westwood, and intermixes the story with historical information. Most of this story is told on a mobile computer, using Mixed Reality and video for illustration. We evaluate the experience both quantitatively and qualitatively to find lessons learned about the experience itself and general guidelines for this type of experience. The analysis and guidelines from our evaluation are grouped into three categories: narration in mobile environments, social dynamics, and Mixed Reality effects.
ISBN:9781424493395
1424493390
ISSN:2381-8360
2641-4198
DOI:10.1109/ISMAR-AMH.2010.5643295