WHYRE: A Context-Aware Wearable Computer for Museums and Archaeological Sites

Tullio Salmon Cinotti, R. Nagaraj, Giuseppe Mincolelli, Giuseppe Maria Raffa, Luca Roffia, F. Sforza · 2004

WHYRE is a hands-free, sensory augmented, wearable computer designed to turn museums and archaeological sites into communicating machines. It offers a unified interface to multiple format contents, including interactive 3D, sensors driven QTVRs, and streamed animations. It is based on an IA32 mobile platform with a 3D graphics accelerator. Its operating system is Windows XP Embedded. WHYRE is being demonstrated in two primary Italian Museums. This paper reviews WHYRE requirements and features, and summarizes its evaluation process.

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