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THE IRISH IN UNIFORM

AN AUGMENTED REALITY EXHIBITION

JOSHUA O SHEA | 18054978 SUPERVISOR: GABRIELA AVRAM

Project Overview

Research Question: Exploring Augmented Reality Interaction in a Exhibition Environment. Museums have proven to be some of the most exciting testing grounds for augmented reality. The cultural sector is taking major leaps towards embracing new technology, which is coming as a great benefjt to those of us who enjoy traveling and learning about the cultural world around us. If we think of the world as a book, then augmented reality is the digital magnifying glass that enables us to explore the details behind every word, letter, and punctuation mark — right down to the granular texture of the page itself.

Project Introduction

This is a passion project for me. I propose to take my grandfathers permeant exhibition piece (currently on display at the Tipperary Heritage Centre) and digitise it in the form of a AR Application. Many of the objects on display are relics from varying parts of the country documenting Irish Individuals involvement in both domestic and international confmicts as well as shedding light on various aspects of the 1916 rising and 1922 civil war. Each object has a personalised story to tell which is not fully captivated in the standing piece. We have so many unsung local heroes that this application proposes to give there contributions and legacy a voice. We have a lot of undocumented or simply unrecognised local history in this country, that, in each small part has shaped our national identity. Bringing these stories and experiences forward is very important from a cultural point

• f view.

Bringing History to Life

Literature:

“Generally, museums installations that do not introduce new technologies, are often boring and do not always have the reputation of being attractive . Furthermore, learning experiences in mu- seums have been facilitated only by the use of labels and descriptions, to accompany the exhibits which are informative but not interactive .” (Pierdicca et al , 2015) “The design of the mobile guide should fully support the interaction between the visitors and these aforementioned aspects, thus forming a “human–computer–context interaction (HCCI). “ (Sung et al., 2010) “Some museum research suggests that technology in interactive exhibits attracts more visitors, engages visitors for longer periods of time” ( Borun, 2003),

Primary Infmuences

EPIC: Irish Emigration Museum

Fully digitised museum offering varing interactive experiences and installations for users to learn. Most interesting point I fjnd from this is there devotation to telling the “Irish Story”. They highlight the topics such as the mass emigration, Irish stories from demostic and abroad and how we as a soceity have heleped shape various fjelds. Irish Letters: Interesting interactive piece in which individual stories are recounted.

AR & Kinect Experience allowing users to create there own canvases of artwork. Allowing users to digitally manipulate and play with various pieces of work from the museum. Also offering experiences showing how certain objects maybe used or made.

The Cleveland Museum: AR & Kinect

Application allows work to be scanned and text / audio information is giving, They also forumatle fun design / line art games where you draw rough lines and ML is used to guess the

• bject in the collection you are drawing.

Scans skeletons and relics. Recreates what they may have looked like in the past. Outputs information in relation to the species.

Smithsonian: Skin & Bone App

Allows interaction with certain models i.e allowing you to virtually hold them in your hand.

User Research

• Interviews: Conduct possible interviews with individuals involved with

musuems or exhibitons and get there input on how they would invision in- teractive peices. Would also be useful to attempt to contact museums that have already implementd this IEM to gage user reaction,

• Lo-fj to Hi-Fi: Creation of lo-fj to hi-fj prototypes that would be tested in

playtesting sessions with users.

• Playtesting: Prototype testing to gage users reactions would be neccessary.

This is being designed to increase user interaction, using a User-Centric Approach is vital here to make sure they are feeling engaged by the contact being pushed to them.

• Questionaire: To gage users to see if they would be interest in something

like this, see if i can get participants for testing and see what they would like to see.

• Field Study: Planning to visit other interactive exhibtions i.e the Emigra-

tion Museum or IMMA to see what they have done, maybe talk to some staffers.

Methods of Research

Previous Experiments

Timeless Journey - AR Book

Project I am developing for CS-Studio. I chose this to allow me to experiment a little in depth with AR technology. Currently developing a history story telling application. Allows users to scan markered AR tags. It then reveals animation or playable objects i.e M16 Rifme allowing user know the history behind the weapons, confmicts it was used it and take it apart to view componets. Hoping to expand and use markerless objects so that it would be easer to implement to type of ideation to my dissertation piece.

Tools to be used

Unity3D

This is the primary tool tha will be used in creation of this product. This game engine will allow for created of the main application.

Vuforia

Using Unity3D with vuforia will allow for the creation of crossplatform AR apps. Vuforia is the primary component that enables AR creation.

Adobe

The CC suite will be used for the creation of all physical assests that will be needed.

Above are the primary pieces of software that I would need at the core of this

• project. Below I have identifjed additonal software that may be required:
• Apache - using phpMyAdmin to store date to a mySQL server if needed i.e

this would most likely be applicable for archieved info implemented by us-

• ers. Also for storing information on artefacts.
• Knowledge in C# AR suite development.
• Possible integration of Alexa with application for voice cues i.e when some-
• ne is near alexa or object she would tell facts about it.
• Autodesk 3DS Max for creation of certain 3D objects
• Animation of certain pieces via After Effects of 3DS / Blender

Additional Tools

My Skills.

I did a B.Sc in Multimedia Programming & Design dealing with a range of topics from design thinking to object-orientated programming and alots of other skills inbetween.

• Undergraduate FYP was an exploration in Virtual Reality and

could be help ignite a users interest in learning history i.e was it a valid teaching tool.

• Though I have done 4+ years of Java & C# programming I do

not consider myself a confjdent programmer and this is a area I struggle with.

• Beed to revise my 3D Modelling Skills and Programming

knowlegde.

• Assitance with integration of Alexa or Voice recording

technology.

• Very new to developing for AR and would ideally need some

assistance with this.

My Summer Plan Outline

TeamGantt - Summer Outline Link

References:

Yoon, S. A. and Wang, J. (2014) ‘Making the Invisible Visible in Science Museums Through Aug- mented Reality Devices’, TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 58(1), pp. 49–55. doi: 10.1007/s11528-013-0720-7. Chang, Y.-L. et al. (2015) Apply an Augmented Reality in a Mobile Guidance to Increase Sense

• f Place for Heritage Places, Educational Technology & Society. Available at: https://search-pro-

quest-com.proxy.lib.ul.ie/docview/1683511599?accountid=14564&rfr_id=info%3Axri%2F- sid%3Aprimo (Accessed: 9 April 2019). Pierdicca, R. et al. (2015) ‘Advanced interaction with paintings by augmented reality and high resolution visualization: A real case exhibition’, in [Online]. 2015 Springer Verlag. pp. 38–50.

Any Questions?