The Loupe : tangible augmented reality for learning to look at Ancient Greek art

Damala, Areti and Hornecker, Eva and van der Vaart, Merel and van Dijk, Dick and Ruthven, Ian (2016) The Loupe : tangible augmented reality for learning to look at Ancient Greek art. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 16 (5). pp. 73-85. ISSN 2241-8121 (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.204970)

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Abstract

With the advent of digital museum interactives as a widely available learning offer in all types of museums, including history of art and archaeology museums, an ongoing debate has been established: Do these - usually screen-based - museum interactives assist visitors in focusing on museum objects and artefacts? Or do they distract and take away the attention from the real museum objects on display? We present the Loupe, a tangible Augmented Reality prototype in form of a magnifying lens, which allows museum visitors to get information in context about museum artefacts. We detail the design and content creation process that was employed in order to create a thematic tour for the the Greek Gallery of Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam. An evaluation study with 22 adult participants was carried out, using both qualitative and quantitative evaluation methodologies, so as to explore the utility and usability of the Loupe as well its learning and affective impact. Our findings suggest that the acceptance of the Loupe as a museum interactive and learning resource, was related both with its qualities as a tangible as well as with the structure of the content and the narratives revealed.

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Damala, Areti ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1259-6019, Hornecker, Eva, van der Vaart, Merel, van Dijk, Dick and Ruthven, Ian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6669-5376;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:57659
    Dates:
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    December 2016
    Published
    29 August 2016
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    Notes:Damala, Areti; Hornecker, Eva; van der Vaart, Merel; van Dijk, Dick ; Ruthven, Ian, "The Loupe: : tangible augmented reality for learning to look at Ancient Greek art." International Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, Vol. 16, (5) 12, (2016). Copyright 2016 Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited. http://www.maajournal.com/
    Subjects:General Works > Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General)
    Department:Faculty of Science > Computer and Information Sciences
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:02 Sep 2016 10:43
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 17:48
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/57659
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