Analyzing Behavior and User Experience in Online Museum Virtual Tours

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11176v1
• Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:44:57 GMT
• Title: Analyzing Behavior and User Experience in Online Museum Virtual Tours
• Authors: Roman Shikhri, Lev Poretski, Joel Lanir
• Abstract summary: The disruption to tourism and travel caused by the COVID-related health crisis highlighted the potential of virtual tourism to provide a universally accessible way to engage in cultural experiences. 360-degree virtual tours, showing a realistic representation of the physical location, enable virtual tourists to experience cultural heritage sites and engage with their collections from the comfort and safety of their home. There is no clear standard for the design of such tours and the experience of visitors may vary widely from platform to platform.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The disruption to tourism and travel caused by the COVID-related health crisis highlighted the potential of virtual tourism to provide a universally accessible way to engage in cultural experiences. 360-degree virtual tours, showing a realistic representation of the physical location, enable virtual tourists to experience cultural heritage sites and engage with their collections from the comfort and safety of their home. However, there is no clear standard for the design of such tours and the experience of visitors may vary widely from platform to platform. We first conducted a comprehensive analysis of 40 existing virtual tours, constructing a descriptive framework for understanding the key components and characteristics of virtual tours. Next, we conducted a remote usability study to gain deeper insights into the actual experiences and challenges faced by VT users. Our investigation revealed a significant disparity between users' mental models of virtual tours and the actual system behavior. We discuss these issues and provide concrete recommendations for the creation of better, user-friendly 360-degree virtual tours.

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