Open Experiments of Sightseeing Support Systems with Shared Virtual Worlds for Mobile Phones
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Accession number;07A0106403
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| Title;Open Experiments of Sightseeing Support Systems with Shared Virtual Worlds for Mobile Phones |
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TARUMI HIROYUKI
(Kagawa Univ., JPN)
TARUMI HIROYUKI
(Supesutagu)
TSURUMI YUKO
(Kagawa Univ., JPN)
YOKOO KAYO
(Tama Univ. of Arts)
NISHIMOTO SHOJI
(Kagawa Univ., JPN)
MATSUBARA KAZUYA
(Kagawa Univ., JPN)
HAYASHI YUSUKE
(Kagawa Univ., JPN)
HARADA YASUSHI
(Bijinesukompasu)
KUSUNOKI FUSAKO
(Tama Univ. of Arts)
MIZUKUBO YUKI
(Kagawa Univ., JPN)
YOSHIDA MAKOTO
(Kagawa Univ., JPN)
KIM SANGTAE
(Univ. of Tsukuba)
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Journal Title;IPSJ Transactions on Database
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Journal Code:Z0778A
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ISSN:0387-5806
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VOL.48;NO.1;PAGE.110-124(2007)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.7, TBL.8, REF.10 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;We have developed a sightseeing support system, using our shared virtual world service including human-like agents and inter-user communication for popular GPS-phones on the market. We have conducted open experiments for the service. By open experiments, we mean those with real tourists as subjects and letting them use their own phones. By open experiment, we have aimed to acquire realistic and objective evaluation from the viewpoint of sightseeing itself. The experiments were conducted at two major sightseeing destinations in Kagawa prefecture, each taking one week. As results, we have found that visitors responded differently by their age, gender, experiences, etc. We have also found that virtual media should give different information from real media. These findings will help the future design of such services. GPS inaccuracies were found but subjects evaluated them independently from other evaluation. In this paper, the method and results of the experiments are described. (author abst.) |
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