A Blended Space for Heritage Storytelling

Abstract

This paper explores the role of Blending Theory, as a framework, to aid in design decisions while deploying mobile experiences for heritage storytelling. Blending Theory provides a structured way of thinking about how digital and physical spaces can be brought together to create new experiences in blended spaces. In this paper we describe the development of an app that aims to enhance the visitor experience to a heritage destination in New York State. We show how the blended spaces framework was used to guide the design and development of the app and provide evaluation data that highlights the effective UX that resulted. Heritage stories and augmented digital agents are used to guide a visitor from one point of interest to another, providing an engaging user experience for schoolchildren.

Contributors

Brian O’Keefe

David Benyon

Gaurav Chandwani

Madhav Menon

Randy Duke II

Conference

Publication date: September 2014

Publication date (Print): September 2014

Pages: 90-99

Affiliations

EffectiveUI

274 Goodman St, Rochester, NY

Edinburgh Napier University

10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, UK

Rochester Institute of Technology

152 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2014.13

Copyright statement: © Brian O’Keefe et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014), Southport, UK

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014)

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 28

Conference location: Southport, UK

Conference date: 9 - 12 September 2014

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014)

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Product Information: 1477-9358BCS Learning & Development

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing