Visiting a Virtual Graveyard: Designing Virtual Reality Cultural Heritage Experiences

Jonna Häkkilä; Ashley Colley; Petri Hannula; Elina Luiro; Emilia Launne; Sanni Mustonen; Toni Westerlund

doi:10.1145/3365610.3368425

Visiting a Virtual Graveyard: Designing Virtual Reality Cultural Heritage Experiences

Jonna Häkkilä, Ashley Colley, Petri Hannula, Elina Luiro, Emilia Launne, Sanni Mustonen, Toni Westerlund

Faculty of Art and Design

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Abstract

Virtual reality offers a potential solution to enable visiting inaccessible cultural heritage sites. We present the design, prototyping and evaluation (n = 6) of a virtual visit to a historic graveyard. The Salla World War II graveyard is located in an inaccessible border zone between Finland and Russia. Our virtual graveyard, accessed through a head mounted display, aimed to create an as accurate as possible simulation of the Salla graveyard, including its atmosphere. Users are enabled to navigate the virtual graveyard and place a candle on a grave. Although the simulation was considered immersive, participants wished for more authenticity and details, e.g. being able to light the virtual candle. The work opens discussion on the need for dignity in the design of virtual experiences for sensitive cultural heritage sites.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MUM '19
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Editors	Giulio Jacucci , Fabio Paternò, Michael Rohs, Carmen Santoro
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	ACM
Pages	56:1-56:4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-7624-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3365610.3368425
Publication status	Published - 2019
MoEC publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia - CNR Area, building a ground floor, room 27, Pisa, Italy Duration: 26 Nov 2019 → 29 Nov 2019 Conference number: 18th http://www.mum-conf.org/2019/

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Abbreviated title	MUM '19
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Pisa
Period	26.11.2019 → 29.11.2019
Internet address	http://www.mum-conf.org/2019/

Keywords

WW2
cemetery
cultural heritage
death
death-scapes
experience design
graveyard
museum
virtual heritage
virtual reality

Field of science

Visual arts and design

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10.1145/3365610.3368425Licence: Unspecified

3365610.3368425-1Final published version, 315 KBLicence: Unspecified

Lapland Experience Technologies 2025
Häkkilä, J. (Principal Investigator), Hautala-Hirvioja, T. (Other) & Colley, A. (Other)
European Regional Development Fund
01.01.2018 → 31.01.2020
Project: Co-funded project

Citation for this output

Häkkilä, J., Colley, A., Hannula, P., Luiro, E., Launne, E., Mustonen, S., & Westerlund, T. (2019). Visiting a Virtual Graveyard: Designing Virtual Reality Cultural Heritage Experiences. In G. Jacucci , F. Paternò, M. Rohs, & C. Santoro (Eds.), MUM '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (pp. 56:1-56:4). ACM . https://doi.org/10.1145/3365610.3368425

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Häkkilä, J , Colley, A, Hannula, P, Luiro, E, Launne, E, Mustonen, S & Westerlund, T 2019, Visiting a Virtual Graveyard: Designing Virtual Reality Cultural Heritage Experiences. in G Jacucci , F Paternò, M Rohs & C Santoro (eds), MUM '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. ACM , New York, NY, USA, pp. 56:1-56:4, International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, Pisa, Italy, 26.11.2019. https://doi.org/10.1145/3365610.3368425

Visiting a Virtual Graveyard: Designing Virtual Reality Cultural Heritage Experiences. / Häkkilä, Jonna ; Colley, Ashley; Hannula, Petri et al.
MUM '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. ed. / Giulio Jacucci ; Fabio Paternò; Michael Rohs; Carmen Santoro. New York, NY, USA: ACM , 2019. p. 56:1-56:4.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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Häkkilä J , Colley A, Hannula P, Luiro E, Launne E, Mustonen S et al. Visiting a Virtual Graveyard: Designing Virtual Reality Cultural Heritage Experiences. In Jacucci G, Paternò F, Rohs M, Santoro C, editors, MUM '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. New York, NY, USA: ACM . 2019. p. 56:1-56:4 doi: 10.1145/3365610.3368425

Visiting a Virtual Graveyard: Designing Virtual Reality Cultural Heritage Experiences

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