360TourGuiding: Towards Virtual Reality Training for Tour Guiding

Nguyen, Cuong (author)

Fjeld, Morten, 1965 (author): Universitetet i Bergen,University of Bergen,Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology

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2022-09-28
2022
English.
In: MobileHCI 2022 Adjunct - Publication of the 24th ACM International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. - New York, NY, USA : ACM.

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Abstract Subject headings

Tour guiding plays an important role in turning sightseeing tours into memorable experiences. Tour guides, especially inexperienced ones, must practice intensively to perfect their craft. It is key that guides acquire knowledge about sights, in-situ presentation skills, and perfection ability to interact with and engage tourists. Therefore, tour-guide education requires on-site training at the place of interest including live tourist audiences. However, for modest budgets, such setups are costly and tourism students have to practice tour guiding at home or in simulated class-room setups. It has become a challenge for students to adequately prepare themselves for jobs in terms of relevant knowledge and skills. To tackle this problem, we propose 360TourGuiding, a VR system enabling its users to practice tour guiding with 360 travel videos plus the attendance of remote audiences participating through their mobile and personal device. This paper reports on the concept, on our design, current implementation, and on a pilot study with the current 360TourGuiding prototype. Based on qualitative feedback gained through the pilot study, we discuss possible system improvements, future system updates, and plans for empirical evaluation.

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Annan teknik -- Interaktionsteknik (hsv//swe)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Other Engineering and Technologies -- Interaction Technologies (hsv//eng)
NATURVETENSKAP -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Information Systems (hsv//eng)
NATURVETENSKAP -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Människa-datorinteraktion (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Human Computer Interaction (hsv//eng)

By the author/editor: Ly, Duy Nam; La, Thanh Thai; Le, Khanh Duy; Nguyen, Cuong; Fjeld, Morten, 1 ...; Tran, Thanh Ngoc ...; show more...; Tran, M.-T.; show less...

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