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Archeoguide

Published 28 November 2001Open access
V. Vlahakis, John Karigiannis, M. Tsotros, Michael Gounaris, Luís Almeida, Didier Stricker
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TL;DR

The ARCHEOGUIDE system and the experiences gained from the evaluation of an initial prototype by representative user groups at the archeological site of Olympia, Greece are presented.

Abstract

This paper presents the ARCHEOGUIDE project (Augmented Reality-based Cultural Heritage On-site GUIDE). ARCHEOGUIDE is an IST project, funded by the EU, aiming at providing a personalized electronic guide and tour assistant to cultural site visitors. The system provides on-site help and Augmented Reality reconstructions of ancient ruins, based on user's position and orientation in the cultural site, and realtime image

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Computer ScienceEarth and Planetary SciencesEngineering