Meeting the User on location by Gunnar Liestøl, University of Oslo - a presentation held at EUscreenXL Rome Conference 'From Audience to User: Engaging with Audiovisual Heritage Online' (http://blog.euscreen.eu/conference-programme).

1. Meeting the User on Location
Using situated & sensory media to give users
engaging access to cultural heritage on line in situ.
/Gunnar Liestøl
Centre for Research on Media Innovations (CeRMI)
Dept. of Media Communication
University of Oslo, Norway
gunnar.liestol@media.uio.no
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2. Positioning – where in the world the device is (GPS,
WiFi, and cell towers).
Orientation – in which direction it is pointed
(magnetometer/digital compass).
Movement – how it is moved and gestured
(accellerometer and gyroscope).
Haptic input – how the user touches and manipulates
the phone's interface (screen and physical
buttons).
Light – (camera for recording still images/video, and
pattern reckognition).
Sound – (microphone to register audio input or
radiowaves for wireless networking).
= Sensory Media

3. Not Mixed Reality, but Indirect Augmented Reality
Situated Simulation with ‘now/then’ snapshot

4. Roman Forum sitsim (2012)

5. Roman Forum sitsim (2012)

6. Roman Forum sitsim (2012)

7. Roman Forum sitsim (2012)

9. Map View
z
1.7m
y x
Bird’s View
Zoom
Fly – in
+
-
Sub View
Normal View
Free View

10. From static to dynamic environments
Roman attack on Phalasarna, Crete in 69 BCE

11. From static to dynamic environments

12. Situated simulation as a local contextual interface
to databases and archives

13. Attack on Norway on the 9th of April 1940

14. Access to online databases for local display

15. /Gunnar Liestøl
Centre for Research on Media Innovations (CeRMI)
Dept. of Media Communication
University of Oslo, Norway
gunnar.liestol@media.uio.no
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