Editorial for Special Issue “Virtual Reality and Its Application in Cultural Heritage”

Christos Fidas; Stella Sylaiou

doi:10.3390/app11041530

Editorial for Special Issue “Virtual Reality and Its Application in Cultural Heritage”

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11041530 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 1530

Author(s):

Christos Fidas ◽

Stella Sylaiou

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

End Users ◽

Special Issue

Recent advancements in Virtual Reality (VR) technologies provide new opportunities for Cultural Heritage (CH) organizations to attract, engage, and support end-users more efficiently and effectively [...]

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Special Issue on VR for Culture and Heritage: The Experience of Cultural Heritage with Virtual Reality: Guest Editors’ Introduction

Presence Teleoperators & Virtual Environments ◽

10.1162/pres_e_00302 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. iii-vi ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Eugene Ch’ng ◽

Yiyu Cai ◽

Harold Thwaites

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Special Issue

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Special Issue on VR for Culture and Heritage: The Experience of Cultural Heritage with Virtual Reality (Part II): Guest Editors’ Introduction

Presence Teleoperators & Virtual Environments ◽

10.1162/pres_e_00311 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. iii-iv ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eugene Ch’ng ◽

Yiyu Cai ◽

Harold Thwaites

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Special Issue

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Revealing Hidden Local Cultural Heritage through a Serious Escape Game in Outdoor Settings

Information ◽

10.3390/info12010010 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 10

Author(s):

Stavroula Tzima ◽

Georgios Styliaras ◽

Athanasios Bassounas

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Augmented Reality ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Physical Environment ◽

Local History ◽

Educational Context ◽

Virtual Reality Technology ◽

The Real ◽

Hybrid Type ◽

Game Mechanics

Escape Rooms are presently considered a very popular social entertainment activity, with increasing popularity in education field, since they are considered capable of stimulating the interest of players/students and enhancing learning. The combined game mechanics have led to blended forms of Escape Rooms, the Serious Escape Games (SEGs) and the hybrid type of Escape Rooms that uses Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality technology, a type that is expected to be widely used in the future. In the current study, the MillSecret is presented, a multi-player Serious Escape Game about local cultural heritage, where the players must solve a riddle about the cultural asset of watermills. MillSecret uses AR technology and it was designed to be conducted in the real-physical environment and in an informal educational context. The paper describes the game, its implementation, the playing process, and its evaluation, which aimed to study the feasibility of game conduction in outdoor settings and the views and experience of players with the game, the local cultural heritage and local history. Evaluation results reveal, among other findings, a very positive first feedback from players that allows us to further evolve the development of the game.

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