Visitor Perceptions of the Potential for Virtual Reality in a Small Museum

Virtual reality offers museums the possibility of creating immersive and interactive user experiences which have not hitherto been possible. It is essential, however, to take into consideration the views, attitudes and experiences of the visitors to museums to achieve the maximum impact of these technologies. We present the results of a survey of visitors to a small museum, undertaken as part of the design work for a VR installation. The results show a good awareness of virtual reality among the museum’s visitors and some experience with it, as well as a clear interest in it as a way of enhancing the museum experience.

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Eric Mc Namara

Dr Séamus Ó Ciardhuáin

Denise Mc Evoy

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Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 1-5

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[0001]Dept. of Information Technology

Limerick Institute of Technology

[0002]Dept. of Design & Visual Art

IADT Dún Laoghaire

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.180

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Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

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[1] S. Barab 2006 Design-Based Research: A Methodological Toolkit for the Learning Scientist. Cambridge University Press

[2] S. BarabK. Squire 2004 Design-based research Putting a stake in the ground THE JOURNAL OF THE LEARNING SCIENCES, 13(1), 1-14 47 4 552 560 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2009.07.018

[3] J. Bowers, O’J. BrienJ. Pycock 1996 Practically Accomplishing Immersion?: Cooperation in and for Virtual Environments Computer Supported Cooperative Work 380 389 http://doi.org/10.1145/240080.240349

[4] A. Brown 1992 Design experiments Theoretical and methodological challenges in creating complex interventions Universidade de Aveiro http://doi.org/10.1145/1165387.275623

[5] T. Caulton 1998 Hands-on exhibitions: managing interactive museums and science centres Psychology Press

[6] A. Collins 1992 Towards a design science of education New Directions in Educational Technology 15 22 http://doi.org/citeulike-article-id:4545332

[7] J. Confrey 2006 The evolution of design studies as methodology na

[8] M. FraserD. StantonK. H. NgS. Benford, O’C. MalleyJ. Bowers, … J. Hindmarsh 2003 Assembling History: Achieving Coherent Experiences with Diverse Technologies ECSCW 2003: Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work 14--18 September 2003, Helsinki, Finland September 179 198 http://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0068-0_10

[9] R. E. GrinterR. E. GrinterP. M. AokiP. M. AokiM. H. SzymanskiM. H. Szymanski, … a. Hurst 2002 Revisiting the visit: Understanding How Technology Can Shape the Museum Visit Proceedings of the 2002 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work 146 155 http://doi.org/10.1145/587078.587100

[10] A. E. Kelly 2003 Theme issue: The role of design in educational research Educational Researcher 32 1 3 4

[11] A. E. KellyR. A. LeshJ. Y. Baek 2008 Handbook of design research methods in education: Innovations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning and teaching Routledge

[12] F. Niccolucci 1999 Virtual Reality in Archaeology: a useful tool or a dreadful toy? Mediaterra Art & Technology Festival 99

[13] W. A. SandovalP. Bell 2004 Design-based research methods for studying learning in context: Introduction Educational Psychologist 39 4 199 201 http://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep3904_1

[14] SurveyMonkey 2018 SurveyMonkey: The World’s Most Popular Free Online Survey Tool February 27 2018 from http://www.surveymonkey.com/

[15] B. Tan-K., H. RahamanE. DurandF. MerienneC. PereP. Callet, … G. Avram 2013 Interpreting Digital Heritage: A Conceptual Model with End-Users’ Perspective Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 1 212 610 622 http://doi.org/10.1145/2072298.2072477

[16] M. Tsapatori 2003 ORION Research Roadmap for the European archaeological museums’ sector (Final Edition) June 2003