Title :
Interactive application in service of popularizing architectural heritage
Author :
Jozic, M. ; Ostarcevic, T. ; Salkovic, M. ; Simunic, D.
Author_Institution :
Fakultet Elektrotehnike i Racunarstva, Zavod za Radiokomunikacije, Zagreb, Hungary
Abstract :
The main aim of this paper is making connections between modern technologies, architecture and art, i.e. how to increase the interest for cultural sights and facilitate the retrieval of desirable information with use of modern technologies. Smart phones dominate worldwide mobile phone market and they are mainly used for display and information retrieval. Furthermore, not only that smartphones offer information accessibility at any moment, they also demand interaction with user, so the aspiration for information´s is increasing. As a solution, an android application the Story of Zagreb was chosen, which allows display of information, photographs and locations of cultural sights in Zagreb. Desirable data can be reached with choosing certain cultural sight from the list or by sensing QR code, two dimensional code, which describes that cultural sight, with the camera of smartphone.
Keywords :
Android (operating system); codes; history; information retrieval; mobile computing; smart phones; Android application; QR code; Story of Zagreb; architectural heritage; architecture; camera; information accessibility; information retrieval; interactive application; mobile phone market; smart phones; two dimensional code; Art; Buildings; Cameras; Cultural differences; Databases; Smart phones;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), 2014 37th International Convention on
Conference_Location :
Opatija
Print_ISBN :
978-953-233-081-6
DOI :
10.1109/MIPRO.2014.6859624