iTACITUS Enhancing Cultural tourism iTACITUS Receives Funding from the European Commissions IST Programme: IST

iTACITUS iTACITUS Receives Funding from the European Commissions IST Programme: IST British Maritime Technology Tony Evans

iTACITUS Enhancing Cultural tourism The iTacitus project aims to: 1.Improve access to information in cultural heritage sites by providing access to rich content including augmented reality through a hand held device. 2.Improve the accessibility of cultural heritage sites and overall experience of cultural tourists by enabling customised personalised walking and public transport tours of urban areas. iTACITUS Receives Funding from the European Commissions IST Programme: IST

The User story Plan their itinerary.  Seamless integration of public transport and walking. Be guided through the city.  Dynamic route updating. At each cultural heritage site:  Experience expanding Augmented Reality content

Off The Beaten track. – Planning an Itinerary User Perspective  What is there to do and what will I like? System Perspective  Present the user with an intuitive view  Automatically calculate transport timings  Hide the nuts and bolts

piazza Castello Cross piazzetta Reale turn left continue past Duomo di San Giovanni {add to itinery} {more information} {near by activities} Displays route map and public transport instructions Itinerary can be modified on the go allowing the tourist to explore at leisure. Contextual information about their location and nearby attractions can be viewed.

iTACITUS : Under the hood

Crossing the Digital Divide. – Enabling Rich Media Enhancing a heritage site  Linking digital content to the visit  Interactive Audio Visual Experience  Augmenting Reality based system

Animation is a great way to capture user attention Augmented Reality combines what is physically present with rich media content Interaction between the media provide an immersive experience Builds upon what is present, not a virtual experience More then Meets the Eye. – Augmented Reality

Component-based authoring parametric 3D models semantics-based scenario enactment Tools to create an interesting story for non-technically-trained authors Initial focus on applications with re- usable 3D models – e.g. traditional attire Power to the People. – Intuitive Authoring

Summary – What is iTACITUS iTACITUS is a service that aims to provide a bespoke tourist experience for the individual, based upon a dispersed repository of historical and cultural resources, enabling both location-based and location- independent services. The services provided will include audiovisual, VR and organisational components, and will be delivered in a flexible and timely fashion.

iTACITUS National Technical University of Athens Fraunhofer Institute für Computer Graphics Hampshire County Council Centro Studi sui Sistemi di Transporto TXT group iTACITUS Receives Funding from the European Commissions IST Programme: IST Tony Evans –