Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality

Best Paper Award for the 6th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, in the context of HCI International 2014, 22-27 June 2014, Crete, Greece

Certificate for Best Paper Award of the 6th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality
conferred to

Mariza Dima (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom),
Linda Hurcombe (University of Exeter, United Kingdom),
Mark Wright (Liverpool John Moore University, United Kingdom)

for the paper entitled

"Touching the past: Haptic Augmented Reality for Museum Artefacts"

Presented in the context of
HCI International 2014
22-27 June 2014, Crete, Greece

Paper Abstract
"In this paper we propose a novel interaction technique that creates the illusion of tactile exploration of museum artefacts which are otherwise impossible to touch. The technique meets the contextual necessity, often requested by museum curators, to background technology and to direct the focus of the museum visitor’s experience to the artefact itself. Our approach relies on the combination of haptic interaction and the adaptation of a well-known illusion that enables museum visitors to make sense of the actual physical non-touchable artefact in an embodied way, using their sensory and motor skills. We call this technique Haptic Augmented Reality."

The full paper is available through SpringerLink, provided that you have proper access rights.