Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges

Summary (50 words)
Enhancing cultural heritage is a rapidly evolving process thanks to cutting-edge technologies. This paper showcases the creation of an integrated interactive tour guide for the Old Town of Corfu, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. The "Holograms - Corfu Hologrammatic Tour" is an innovative application that provides visitors with useful and reliable information through high-quality audiovisual material and technology.
Objective
The aim of "Holograms - Corfu Hologrammatic Tour" application and website was to create an interactive tour guide for the Old Town of Corfu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, that may be used by visitors and residents alike. The purpose of this paper is to emphasise the possibilities provided by cutting-edge technologies that include novel content-representation paradigms such as holographic modeling and projections, the ability to reveal hidden information to the human eye even when visitors are located next to the monument and a customised and dynamic way to explore the different locations that adapts to a variety of parameters that include user requirements, abilities and weather conditions. modeling of point-of-interest information using photogrammetry and videogrammetry technologies, panoramic photos and videos captured with 360-degree drone cameras and augmented reality offer a scalable and rich-media experience.
Method
"Holograms - Corfu Hologrammatic Tour" provides:
a.an easy-to-use application that offers tracking services points of historical - Tourist interest, providing high-quality information and transmedia content,
b.holographic pyramids with corresponding holographic content designed to promote the monument at the points of entry to the old town of Corfu,
c.a geographical system for remote users, with audiovisual material for points of interest, tourism and educational purposes, complete with accessibility information
d.an interactive game base that supports the principles of discovering learning [1] by exploiting the possibilities of augmented reality [2,3] and the elements of traditional games [4,5],
e.a customized range of thematic routes designed and tested by expert users and for specific target groups,
f.complete accessibility information for every point-of-interest, and
g.a thematic collection for the Old Town of Corfu as a World Cultural Heritage Monument in SearchCulture platform, the Greek National aggregator for digital cultural content.

Conclusion
Modeling and accessing the particular set of points-of-interest in the Old Town of Corfu using a wide range of media types, through a highly-adjustable application and reactive website offers a novel way to interact with the monument. The experience offers visitors access to high-quality holograms and 360-degree aerial videos. The "Corfu Hologrammatic Tour Guide" project allows visitors and local user groups to utilize their own smart everyday devices to explore specific aspects of the monuments, which can not be observed even when the interested parties stand next to the points-of-interest. In addition, the tour provides the capability to support gaming activities, that allow users to engage in creative and challenging activities.

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UNESCO-WHC (2007). Old Town of Corfu: a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nomination file 978. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/978/. UNESCO: World Heritage Committee (WHC)