Smart environments and Cultural Heritage: a novel approach to create intelligent cultural spaces

摘要

The relationship between cultural heritage domain and newrntechnologies has always been complex, dialectical and often inspiredrnby the human desire to induce these spaces not created for thatrnpurpose, to pursue technological trends, eventually offering to thernend-users devices and innovative technologies that could become arn‘dead weight’ during their cultural experiences. However, by means ofrninnovative technological applications and location-based services itrnis possible to shorten the distance between cultural spaces and theirrnvisitors, nowadays determined by the purely aesthetic and essentiallyrnpassive fruition of cultural objects. This paper presents the design andrnimplementation of a novel multipurpose system for creating singlernsmart spaces (S3), a new concept of intelligent environment, thatrnrelies on innovative sensors board named smart crickets and an adrnhoc proximity strategy; by following the Internet of Things paradigmrnthe proposed system is able to transform a cultural space in a smartrncultural environment to enhance the enjoyment and satisfactionrnof the involved people. To assess the effectiveness of our solution,rnwe have experienced two real case studies, the first one situatedrnwithin an art exhibition (indoor), and the second one concerning anrnhistorical building (outdoor). In this way, technology can become arnmediator between visitors and fruition, an instrument of connectionrnbetween people, objects and spaces to create new social, economicrnand cultural opportunities.