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Augmented reality

A digital technology combining the real and the virtual in order to discover the past or invisible history of a site.

Virtual reality

A fun experience allowing visitors to immerse themselves in inaccessible sites or in the midst of past events.

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Visit via Histopad to the Conciergerie, heritage site of the network of National Monument Centers

All VISTA AR partners gathered in Paris were able to visit the historic site of La Conciergerie, a building that is part of the network of National Monument Centers. The objective was to discover together the product “Histopad” which offers a site visit in augmented reality. The Histopad tool was developed in partnership with the […]
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Quarterly meeting of VISTAAR partners at NEOMA in Paris

Since the launch of VISTA AR, project monitoring has been organised around quarterly meetings of all partners. Each of us takes turns hosting these meetings. This is an opportunity to discover the premises and work of each partner. In January 2019, the project was welcomed by NEOMA Business School on the rue d’Athènes in Paris. […]
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Curation expert joins the Exeter University team

Cristina Mosconi has recently joined the team at Exeter University as a Research Assistant, working on the curation of Visitor Experience design, both at Exeter Cathedral and Fougères Castle. She has already met with the team at the Cathedral and is putting together a storyboard and visitor pathway, with the help of Professor Fabrizio Nevola. […]
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Future Tourism conference in York

David Ross (University of Exeter) attended the Future Tourism Conference, held in York on the 14th September. Organised by the Tourism Society, the event aimed to debate the growing adoption of digital technologies in the tourism industry. Paul Cook, of Planet Planit, spoke about how tourism businesses and organisations can make best use of customer […]
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VISTA article awarded best paper at CASA 2018 Beijing

Bournemouth University’s research team have celebrated their success at an international conference in Beijing, China. Their paper, co-authored by Yinyu Nie, Jian Chang, Ehtzaz Chaudhry, Shihui Guo, Andi Smart (University of Exeter) and Jian Jun Zhang, titled “Semantic modeling of indoor scenes with support inference from a single photograph” was selected as the Best Paper […]
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The Valloire Gardens are dipping into digital!

They recently celebrated their 30th anniversary and are setting their sights on digital technology: the Valloire Gardens are one of the deployment sites of VISTA AR, a European research project that aims to introduce virtual reality and augmented reality to tourist sites. In July, representatives of NEOMA Business School, the Regional Council of Brittany (Clotilde […]
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Fougères castle – the visitors have a say!

Peak season has started and Fougères castle is again experiencing an influx of visitors. This is a godsend for NEOMA Business School which headed down there on 4th – 6th July to ask them about their experience. This visitor research is part of the European Research project VISTA AR, which aims to introduce virtual and […]
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VISTA AR Promotional Film

Laurence Blyth from Exeter Cathedral and Prof. Andi Smart from the University of Exeter talk about the project.
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Animate Minstrels’ Gallery of Exeter Cathedral

The Bournemouth University research team has given life to the fascinating art treasure of Exeter Cathedral’s Minstrels’ Gallery. The team has completed initial concept modelling and developed scenes for the Gallery. The computer models and their animation are designed to offer visitors a new experience with an Augmented Reality (AR) solution, where music and motion […]
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The Interreg France (Channel) England project Vista AR creates new visitor experiences by adopting advanced digital technologies at partner cultural and heritage sites. These sites face significant economic challenges in today’s climate. The purpose of Vista AR is to increase the tourism revenue of these sites, via a rise in visitor numbers.

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Augmented reality

A digital technology combining the real and the virtual in order to discover the past or invisible history of a site.

Virtual reality

A fun experience allowing visitors to immerse themselves in inaccessible sites or in the midst of past events.

Business model

In the context of VISTA-AR, particular attention is paid to the search for synergies between economic and technological aspects, to broaden the tourist experience in a sustainable way.

Visitor intelligence

Project agenda

Fougères Castle device launch

Fougères

On the occasion of the National Days of Archaeology, VISTA AR invites you to discover the prototypes of the four cultural mediation devices developed for the Château de Fougères.
In addition to the inauguration, a conference will be held Friday, June 14 to present the VISTA AR project , its progress, any difficulties encountered and the implementation at the various deployment sites.

Quaterly Steering Committee Meeting

Bournemouth University - Bournemouth - UK

Exeter Cathedral Device Launch

Exeter

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Exeter Cathedral is looking forward to displaying its VR and AR devices at this event. Visitors will have the chance to test the devices and then give feedback, as well as finding out about the project as a whole and seeing what VISTA AR will be offering to cultural heritage sites.

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