Mobile Virtual Heritage Exploration with Heritage Hunt with a Case Study of George Town, Penang, Malaysia

Computer games with fully intensive graphics are very common in desktop computers or game console, but the development of mobile games with intensive graphics are fairly new. With the advancement in mobile phone technology, it is possible to create a mobile game incorporates integrate the virtual reality techniques. In this paper, the authors present a virtual heritage application called M-Heritage Hunt that integrates virtual reality and game for mobile platforms. M-Heritage Hunt provides panoramic views of the heritage sites and a game background that is customized for the core of heritage zone of George Town, Penang in Malaysia. M-Heritage Hunt was evaluated and examined by letting the respondents to play the game in its proposed setting.

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NEW REALITIES FOR CANADA’S PARLIAMENT: A WORKFLOW FOR PREPARING HERITAGE BIM FOR GAME ENGINES AND VIRTUAL REALITY

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w15-945-2019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol XLII-2/W15 ◽

pp. 945-952 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

C. Pybus ◽

K. Graham ◽

J. Doherty ◽

N. Arellano ◽

S. Fai

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Second Life ◽

Building Information Modelling ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Building Information ◽

Heritage Buildings ◽

Game Engines ◽

Complex Models ◽

Virtual Experiences

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> With a growing interest in the use of virtual reality (VR) for dissemination of cultural heritage sites, the question of how to leverage existing documentation as content for virtual experiences becomes a potentially valuable opportunity. Notably, as sites are increasingly documented with building information modelling (BIM) for the purposes of conservation, there is potential to give these models a second life as content for public education and promotion. However, although software exist for viewing BIM in VR headsets, they are inadequate for complex models typical of heritage buildings, and lack functionality for integrating custom didactic content and storytelling. To make BIM performative in VR and allow for custom content, a workflow was developed to translate BIM into game engine scenes — which optimizes geometry following performance guidelines of VR while maintaining the high visual fidelity of the BIM. As a case study, six heritage spaces of the Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament which had been previously documented and modelled by CIMS were prepared for Unity3D, enabling their later use in a storytelling experience.</p>

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Virtual Reality Treatment for Agoraphobia: A Mexican Case Study

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e695432011-092 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Georgina Cardenas-Lopez ◽

Sandra Munoz ◽

Maribel Gonzalez ◽

Carmen Ramos

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality

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Virtual reality and computer games in the treatment of driving phobia induced by a motor vehicle accident

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e705482011-064 ◽

2003 ◽

Author(s):

David Walshe ◽

Elizabeth Lewis ◽

Kathleen O'Sullivan ◽

Brenda K. Wiederhold ◽

Sun I. Kim

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Computer Games ◽

Motor Vehicle ◽

Motor Vehicle Accident ◽

Vehicle Accident

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A Cooperative Computer Game for Public Efficiency Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY ◽

10.24297/ijct.v13i8.7075 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 4760-4766

Author(s):

Sachchida Nand Prasad

Keyword(s):

Group Therapy ◽

Group Work ◽

Computer Games ◽

Computer Game ◽

Target Population ◽

Design Interfaces ◽

Design Case Study ◽

Effective Group ◽

Public Group

This paper presents a design case study of SIDES: Design Interfaces to Develop Effective Public Efficiency. SIDES is a tool designed to help adolescents in Public group therapy, specifically individuals with Asperserâ€™s Syndrome, practice effective group work efficiency using a four-player cooperative computer game that runs on computer games technology. We are represent the design process and evaluation of SIDES conducted over a period of six months with a middle school Public group therapy class. Our findings indicate that computer games are a motivating and supported tool for effective group work among. My target population and reveal different design lessons to inform the development of similar systems.

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A Methodology for Characterizing System-Level ESD Sensitivity

ISTFA 2004: Conference Proceedings from the 30th International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis ◽

10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2004p0277 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

Marie-Pascale Chagny ◽

John A. Naoum

Keyword(s):

Electrostatic Discharge ◽

Computer Systems ◽

Electronic Equipment ◽

Experimental Methodology ◽

Computer Users ◽

System Level ◽

Permanent Damage ◽

Design Improvement ◽

Desktop Computers

Abstract Over the years, failures induced by an electrostatic discharge (ESD) have become a major concern for semiconductor manufacturers and electronic equipment makers. The ESD events that cause destructive failures have been studied extensively [1, 2]. However, not all ESD events cause permanent damage. Some events lead to recoverable failures that disrupt system functionality only temporarily (e.g. reboot, lockup, and loss of data). These recoverable failures are not as well understood as the ones causing permanent damage and tend to be ignored in the ESD literature [3, 4]. This paper analyzes and characterizes how these recoverable failures affect computer systems. An experimental methodology is developed to characterize the sensitivity of motherboards to ESD by simulating the systemlevel ESD events induced by computer users. The manuscript presents a case study where this methodology was used to evaluate the robustness of desktop computers to ESD. The method helped isolate several weak nets contributing to the failures and identified a design improvement. The result was that the robustness of the systems improved by a factor of 2.

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Virtual reality in vocal training: a case study

Music Education Research ◽

10.1080/14613808.2021.1879035 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Sati Doganyigit ◽

Omer Faruk Islim

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Vocal Training

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Qualitative Fire Vulnerability Assessments for Museums and Their Collections: A Case Study from Kosovo

Fire ◽

10.3390/fire4010011 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 11

Author(s):

Charlotte Fafet ◽

Erinë Mulolli Zajmi

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Fire Suppression ◽

Mitigation Measures ◽

Risk Awareness ◽

Staff Members ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Vulnerability Assessments ◽

Suppression Systems ◽

Simulation Exercises

Fires are among the most frequently recurring hazards affecting museums and cultural heritage sites. The fires of the National Museum of Brazil in 2018 and of Notre Dame de Paris in 2019 showed that the consequences of such events can be heavy and lead to irreversible heritage losses. In Kosovo, few studies were made about the risks that can affect cultural heritage sites. A project led by the NGO Kosovo Foundation for Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB Kosova) in 2018 explored the most prevalent risks for the cultural heritage sites of the country and highlighted fire as a predominant risk in Kosovo. In order to better understand it, vulnerability assessments were conducted in several museums in Kosovo. Data were collected through field visits in the different museums, in which interviews with staff members as well as observations were conducted. The aim of this paper is to present the main results of the fire vulnerability assessments conducted in Kosovo’s museums in 2018. An important aspect of this project is the approach to collect information in data-scarce environments. It is believed that the questionnaires used to lead interviews with museums’ staff members could help other practitioners to collect data in such contexts and evaluate more easily the risk of fire for the museums and their collections. In the context of Kosovo, one of the main findings is the identification and prioritisation of measures to ensure better protection of Kosovar museums. Structural mitigation measures such as alarm and fire suppression systems are not the only elements necessary to improve the resilience of Kosovar museums to fire. Indeed, the promotion of risk awareness, the training of staff members and the realisation of crisis simulation exercises are just as important in order to prevent and detect a fire, and above all, to respond quickly and accurately if a fire occurs.

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