NODEM 2014 Proceedings

Innovative Museum Exhibits: Telling a Story by Means of an Engaging Experience
The rear projection station is activated by photocells and offers content, with professional actors, shot using
the Green Screen technique and graphics effects made with 3D technology.
The mobile app includes content about the installation and history of The Batteries, with information and
many pictures and videos about paths around the buildings and shows georeferenced (using GPS location)
Points Of Interest on an interactive map.
The final result is the “animation” of the German fortification: visit-actors use various interactive instruments to
“transport” them back into WW II history, getting first-hand experience of an active combat site.
“Liguria Heritage”: a virtual meeting with historic characters
One of the most interesting tools now available, used to enhance visitor experience, is augmented reality; the
layering of digital elements over a real-world experience.
In this context, ETT created the Liguria Heritage augmented reality mobile app in April 2014. The use of 3D
replicas of historical characters lets visitors relive past events through the words of those who lived then.
Arriving near historical sites for which augmented reality content has been prepared, enabling the application
starts a digital reconstruction of the original site structure, as well as the exact points where historical character
avatars tell their stories.
Figure 3. The “Liguria Heritage” mobile app user interface
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