HistOracle: Consolidation and Dissemination of Heritage Information

C. Powell; S. Laycock; A. Day; S. Bailey; J. Rodziewicz; J. Gregory; T. Williamson

doi:10.1109/VSMM.2012.6365980

HistOracle: Consolidation and Dissemination of Heritage Information

C. Powell, S. Laycock, A. Day, S. Bailey, J. Rodziewicz, J. Gregory, T. Williamson

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Abstract

Combining heritage with technology in a way which is both engaging and educational is an ongoing challenge. The HistOracle project attempts to address this issue by combining historical research with multiple methods of output, which all source information from one database. This paper provides an overview of the project and how its aims of consolidating and subsequently disseminating Norwich's heritage are being met by historians and computer scientists. Issues discussed include the construction of a database capable of containing a wide variety of researched material, a website which processes the data for output and a gesture-controlled interactive system which displays a specified subset of the data. Also presented is an evaluation of the interactive system's effectiveness in its proposed role as part of a public exhibition.

Original language	English
Pages	573-576
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2012.6365980
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM) - Milan, Italy Duration: 1 Sept 2012 → …

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Conference	International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM)
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Milan
Period	1/09/12 → …

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