A mobile gaming approach to virtual heritage exploration

Abstract

Virtual heritage is a computer-based interactive technology that provides formative stages of the educational experience of cultural heritage such as virtual tour of museums. With the fast growing technological advancement in mobile phone technology, it has become possible to create a virtual heritage application for edutainment for general public on mobile platform. In this paper, we present a virtual heritage application called M-Heritage Hunt that provides a technology-integrated environment that allows users to gain knowledge of heritage on mobile platform through panoramic views of the heritage sites and a game that combines the traditional games of Monopoly and Treasure Hunt. Based on the comparison and preliminary evaluation, the system has been found to be interesting, attractive and successful in delivering the heritage contents. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.