Increasing visitors attention with introductory portal technology to complex cultural sites

Abstract

We investigate the effectiveness of visually impacting interfaces which were located next to the entrance of the San Martino Charterhouse in Naples (Italy), by using high quality 3D reconstructions annotated with semantic information. Semantic data were used to develop a gesture based orienting interface, for the generation of camera movements and pointing gestures for a 3D avatar. Using the Visitor Employed Photography protocol, we collected data about visitors noticing details and discovered that those exposed to the informative systems were able to detect more details than visitors who did not experience it.