A Comparative User Study of Two Virtual Tour Strategies at the Ruins of São Miguel das Missões

  • Leonardo Scalco UNISINOS
  • Manoela Lencino Sant'Anna UNISINOS
  • Gustavo Corrêa De Almeida UNISINOS
  • Renato da Veiga Martins Jr. UNISINOS
  • Vinícius Costa De Souza UNISINOS

Resumo


The São Miguel Arcanjo Archaeological Site, commonly called ruins of São Miguel das Missões, is one of the main vestiges of the period of the Jesuit Missions of the Guarani around the world, located in the small municipality of São Miguel das Missões, in the northwest of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The Ruins of São Miguel das Missões were declared a World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site by Unesco in 1983 and are part of the Iguassu-Missiones international itinerary, being visited by tourists from all over the world, especially from Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and European countries. Despite its historical and cultural importance, visiting the site is inaccessible for many people, for different reasons, especially the lack of financial resources. In this context, providing a virtual tour of the site is extremely relevant for the dissemination and access to this important cultural heritage. As so, this work presents a comparative study of two virtual tour strategies: guided and self-guided. A controlled user experiment was carried out with eleven participants and the results showed no difference in engagement and knowledge of the ruins. As for the preference, the participants opted for the self-guided tour.

Palavras-chave: Virtual Reality (VR), Virtual Tour, User Engagement, Sao Miguel das Missões Ruins

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06/11/2023
SCALCO, Leonardo; SANT'ANNA, Manoela Lencino; DE ALMEIDA, Gustavo Corrêa; MARTINS JR., Renato da Veiga; DE SOUZA, Vinícius Costa. A Comparative User Study of Two Virtual Tour Strategies at the Ruins of São Miguel das Missões. In: SIMPÓSIO DE REALIDADE VIRTUAL E AUMENTADA (SVR), 25. , 2023, Rio Grande/RS. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2023 . p. 141–148.