Multisensory interactive storytelling to augment the visit of a historical house museum

Caroline Claisse, Daniela Petrelli, Nick Dulake, Mark T. Marshall, Luigina Ciolfi

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Abstract

We present an interactive and multisensory intervention designed for a house museum. Digital technology holds great potential for such heritage sites, but current use is limited to the pre-and post-visit experience. Interviews with museum professionals highlighted their concerns about technology placed in historic houses and suggested four design principles that we used to carefully integrate interactive technology, and the value of a bespoke installation. The installation, the Interactive Tableaux, shows a novel use of digital interactive storytelling where we combined both tangible qualities and informational aspects while respecting the aesthetic of the house and its home feeling. We discuss the process of crafting a conversation in and with a particular place and present evidence from our evaluations that the interactive multisensory installation encouraged observation, reflection and conversation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress, Digital Heritage 2018 - Held jointly with the 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2018
EditorsAlonzo C. Addison, Harold Thwaites
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728102924
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd Digital Heritage International Congress, Digital Heritage 2018 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 26 Oct 201830 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress, Digital Heritage 2018 - Held jointly with the 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2018

Conference

Conference3rd Digital Heritage International Congress, Digital Heritage 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period26/10/1830/10/18

Keywords

  • co-creation
  • design
  • digital storytelling
  • house museums
  • multisensory

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