Enriching the Visit to an Historical Botanic Garden with Augmented Reality

Rafael Torres, Stefan Postolache, Maria Beatriz Carmo, Ana Paula Cláudio, Ana Paula Afonso, António Ferreira, Dulce Domingos

2022

Abstract

The use of Augmented Reality in mobile guide applications for natural parks and gardens enables compelling and memorable experiences that enrich visits. But the creation of these experiences is still riddled with several challenges concerning technology and content production. This paper presents guidelines for the development of AR experiences in mobile applications that support visits to gardens or natural parks, providing a list of technological and multimedia content elements that should be considered. We applied these guidelines in the development of a mobile application for a Botanical Garden, implemented for Android and iOS. We conducted a study with volunteers during visits to the garden and the results revealed high levels of perceived app usability and strong agreements about app features, which allow us to accept that the app was evaluated positively.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Torres R., Postolache S., Carmo M., Cláudio A., Afonso A., Ferreira A. and Domingos D. (2022). Enriching the Visit to an Historical Botanic Garden with Augmented Reality. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2022) - Volume 1: GRAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-555-5, SciTePress, pages 91-102. DOI: 10.5220/0010897900003124

in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp22,
author={Rafael Torres and Stefan Postolache and Maria Beatriz Carmo and Ana Paula Cláudio and Ana Paula Afonso and António Ferreira and Dulce Domingos},
title={Enriching the Visit to an Historical Botanic Garden with Augmented Reality},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2022) - Volume 1: GRAPP},
year={2022},
pages={91-102},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010897900003124},
isbn={978-989-758-555-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2022) - Volume 1: GRAPP
TI - Enriching the Visit to an Historical Botanic Garden with Augmented Reality
SN - 978-989-758-555-5
AU - Torres R.
AU - Postolache S.
AU - Carmo M.
AU - Cláudio A.
AU - Afonso A.
AU - Ferreira A.
AU - Domingos D.
PY - 2022
SP - 91
EP - 102
DO - 10.5220/0010897900003124
PB - SciTePress