Design and development of a spatial mixed reality touring guide to the Egyptian museum

• Published in: Multimedia tools and applications Vol. 79; no. 5-6; pp. 3465 - 3494
• Main Authors: Hammady, Ramy, Ma, Minhua, Strathern, Carl, Mohamad, Mostafa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accessibility; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Science; Cultural heritage; Cultural resources; Customer satisfaction; Data Structures and Information Theory; Displays; Guidance systems; Helmet mounted displays; Historic artifacts; Historic sites; Industrial development; Mixed reality; Multimedia Information Systems; Museums; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Submerging; Tour guides; Immersive systems; Mixed reality; Cultural heritage; Museums; Microsoft HoloLens; Augmented reality; HMD

Many public services and entertainment industries utilise Mixed Reality (MR) devices to develop highly immersive and interactive applications. However, recent advancements in MR processing has prompted the tourist and events industry to invest and develop commercial applications. The museum environm...