Augmented Video-Environment for Cultural Tourism

In this paper a series of reflections on the topicality of smart glasses for the tourist-cultural field are illustrated. Although this technology has received a setback in the consumer market in the past, nowadays it is back in the limelight thanks to the involvement of world leaders in fashion and social networks. The objective of this paper is to show that such wearable devices can be a resource for the dissemination and enhancement of the Cultural Heritage. This assumption forms the basis of the project proposal for an ‘augmented’ video-environment for cultural tourism, which is presented below. It is a theoretical-experimental project and proposes an approach to the augmented reality by using geolocation technologies and 3D mapping of the territory, overcoming the simple tourist approach to Cultural Heritage, perceiving, and displaying multimedia contents that enrich the real experience of the user in the artistic sense.