User Experience of Virtual Heritage Tours with 360° Photos: A Study of the Chapel of Dolores in Icod de los Vinos-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

User Experience of Virtual Heritage Tours with 360° Photos: A Study of the Chapel of Dolores in Icod de los Vinos

Published:2024-05-10 Issue:5 Volume:7 Page:2477-2490
ISSN:2571-9408
Container-title:Heritage
language:en
Short-container-title:Heritage

Author:

Meier Cecile¹^ORCID,Saorín Jose Luis²^ORCID,Díaz Parrilla Silvia³,Bonnet de León Alejandro¹,Melián Díaz Dámari²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Fine Arts, University of La Laguna, 38320 La Laguna, Spain

2. Department of Techniques and Projects in Engineering and Architecture, University of La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Spain

3. Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, University of La Laguna, 38320 La Laguna, Spain

Abstract

Virtual tours with 360 photos present a quick, easy and accessible way to create immersive experiences. The visualization on diverse devices provides a user experience that can be different. A virtual tour with 360 photos of the Chapel of Dolores (Tenerife) has been created. Access is limited to specific days, so the creation of a virtual tour allows you to visit it at any time; in addition, a pilot test has been carried out with students of the degree of restoration and conservation of cultural heritage in order to measure the user experience of the virtual tour, depending on the device used. The participants took a virtual tour of the Dolores Chapel, first with a cell phone and then with the virtual reality headset, and then completed a user experience questionnaire. The results obtained comparing both visualization technologies are detailed, highlighting the fact that when using the virtual reality headset no better results are obtained on the immersion subscale; in addition, the visualization on a smartphone is more comfortable and obtains better results for consequences such as dizziness and vertigo. Therefore, it may be an interesting strategy to have simple versions that work quickly on cell phones.

Funder

Virtual tours for the dissemination of cultural heritage: analysis of the user experience and knowledge transfer

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/7/5/118/pdf

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