Abstract
Interactions between cultural heritage, tourism, and pedagogy deserve investigation in an as-built environment under a macro- or micro-perspective of urban fabric. The heritage site of Shih Yih Hall, Lukang, was explored. An Augmented Reality Tourism System (ARTS) was developed on a smartphone-based platform for a novel application scenario using 3D scans converted from a point cloud to a portable interaction size. ARTS comprises a real-time environment viewing module, a space-switching module, and an Augmented Reality (AR) guide graphic module. The system facilitates scenario initiations, projection and superimposition, annotation, and interface customization, with software tools developed using ARKit® on the iPhone XS Max®. The three-way interaction between urban fabric, cultural heritage tourism, and pedagogy was made possible through background block-outs and an additive or selective display. The illustration of the full-scale experience of the smartphone app was made feasible for co-relating the cultural dependence of urban fabric on tourism. The great fidelity of 3D scans and AR scenes act as a pedagogical aid for students or tourists. A Post-Study System Usability Questionnaire (PSSUQ) evaluation verified the usefulness of ARTS.
Highlights
Cultural heritage (CH) tourism, and pedagogy are usually explored in different study domains, similar concerns and shared subjects exist
We argue that qualitative issues are as critical as quantitative ones
Augmented Reality (AR) has created a totally open arena of pedagogy and tourism, developing new issues in culture and the environment with experience enabled at a human scale
Summary
Cultural heritage (CH) tourism, and pedagogy are usually explored in different study domains, similar concerns and shared subjects exist. Issues exist concerning whether or not the interpretation of urban fabric can be extended beyond documents and survey drawings, such as maps, satellite images, or sensor-based data to different levels of accuracy or detail during interactions. It remains to be determined if interactions should occur with the features presented in Boolean-like fabric operations starting from micro-expressions, skyline compositions, and section overlays, using the details presented on second skins and new construction. The result of operations which are a part of pedagogy efforts should feed-back to cultural tourism with experience from older and more established elements
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