Smart Cities Tales and Trails

摘要

Cities have been transformed to experimental platforms at which data produced capture everyday activities, pulse, and interactions. Placing humans at the centre of smart cities has motivated several efforts under the vision of having citizens at the forefront of the Internet of Everything. Cities though have been largely impacted by their own historic, cultural and past stories which drive todays city life and experiences. The proposed approach enables applications and platforms development which will merge the past with the present in an innovative manner by placing emphasis on the cultural content as a drive for today' s dynamic city and social interacting. The focus is placed on people who navigate in the city and who are enabled to act as tales receptors and trails broadcasters. People receive cultural content (emphasis here is on film and cities) in the form of city relevant annotated storylines which trigger people's reactions expressed at the city's virtual spaces which may be enhanced by several dynamic (such as city trail reviewing, city offers outreaching, etc.). The proposed process targets an open platform which can be extended to integrate multi-domain (sensors, social networks, etc.) recommendations towards humanizing city experimentation and navigation experiences.