Title :
WHYRE: a context-aware wearable computer for museums and archaeological sites
Author :
Cinotti, Tullio Salmon ; Nagaraj, Raviprakash ; Mincolelli, Giuseppe ; Raffa, Giuseppe ; Roffia, Luca ; Sforza, Fabio
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettronica, Inf. e Sistemistica, Bologna Univ., Italy
fDate :
31 Oct.-3 Nov. 2004
Abstract :
WHYRE is a hands-free, sensory augmented, wearable computer designed to turn museums and archaeological sites into communicating machines. It offers a unified interface to multiple format contents, including interactive 3D, sensors driven QTVRs, and streamed animations. It is based on an IA32 mobile platform with a 3D graphics accelerator. Its operating system is Windows XP Embedded. WHYRE is being demonstrated in two primary Italian Museums. This paper reviews WHYRE requirements and features, and summarizes its evaluation process.
Keywords :
archaeology; humanities; mobile computing; user interfaces; wearable computers; WHYRE system; archaeological sites; context-aware wearable computer; museum; Animation; Cellular phones; Computer graphics; Engines; Frequency synchronization; Operating systems; Wearable computers; Wearable sensors; Wireless sensor networks; XML;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computers, 2004. ISWC 2004. Eighth International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2186-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISWC.2004.49
