Development and Evaluation of a Historical Tour Support System Using 3D Graphics and Mobile Terminal

摘要

We have developed a historical tour support system based on Matsue Castle and the surrounding historic area. The system has pre tour mode using 3D graphics and tour mode using a mobile terminal. We used Virtools to modify our earlier system to enable mouse operation in 3D space in the pre-tour mode. Evaluation of the pre-tour and tour modes by users resulted in positive responses although there were areas for improvement. As a result, the tour mode was upgraded by using smart phone with touch pen draw and notation options. Other improvements and applications are proposed.