Video-mediated participation in virtual museum tours for older adults
conference paper
This paper introduces a virtual tour, Visit the Louvre, designed specifically to engage older adults in an immersive visit through part of the Louvre by a distant real-life guide. An initial diary study and a creative workshop were conducted to understand the needs and values of older adults and how to support participation to virtual museum visits with a video-based communication system. Preliminary results show that 'virtual visitors' experienced high levels of social and spatial presence; immersion and engagement were quite high independent of the level of interactivity of the guide, or the presence of others.
TNO Identifier
573583
Publisher
TNO
Source title
10th International Conference on Design & Emotion, 27-30 September 2016, Amsterdam
Place of publication
Groningen
Pages
1-10
Files
To receive the publication files, please send an e-mail request to TNO Repository.