Imagining the Past: Visitor specific applications for Al Zubarah Archaeological Site, Qatar

TY - CONF

T1 - Imagining the Past

T2 - Visitor specific applications for Al Zubarah Archaeological Site, Qatar

AU - Kinzel, Moritz

AU - Tanaka, Mina

PY - 2015/9/28

Y1 - 2015/9/28

N2 - — Since the inscription of Al Zubarah Archaeological Site on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the number of visitors has almost tripled. To ensure the protection and preservation of the fragile remains, visitors have only limited access to the site. Therefore it is important to enhance the visitor experience and to support the dissemination of results of the ongoing excavations. Besides traditional techniques, the Qatar Islamic Archaeology and Heritage Project in cooperation with DNP have developed two mobile applications with AR-elements and interactive components to engage especially young visitors to explore the site and to reflect upon the past.

AB - — Since the inscription of Al Zubarah Archaeological Site on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the number of visitors has almost tripled. To ensure the protection and preservation of the fragile remains, visitors have only limited access to the site. Therefore it is important to enhance the visitor experience and to support the dissemination of results of the ongoing excavations. Besides traditional techniques, the Qatar Islamic Archaeology and Heritage Project in cooperation with DNP have developed two mobile applications with AR-elements and interactive components to engage especially young visitors to explore the site and to reflect upon the past.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - AR elements

KW - Virtual reality

KW - mobile Applications

KW - Archaeology

KW - Site Management

KW - Tourism

KW - World Heritage

KW - al Zubarah

KW - Qatar

KW - tour guide

KW - virtual tours

UR - http://www.digitalheritage2015.org/

UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7419608

M3 - Poster

ER -