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1. Smart Cities and Smart Tourism: What Future Do They Bring?

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Matos, Ana, Pinto, Bruna, Barros, Fábio, Martins, Sérgio, Martins, José, Au-Yong-Oliveira, Manuel, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Pal, Nikhil R., Advisory Editor, Bello Perez, Rafael, Advisory Editor, Corchado, Emilio S., Advisory Editor, Hagras, Hani, Advisory Editor, Kóczy, László T., Advisory Editor, Kreinovich, Vladik, Advisory Editor, Lin, Chin-Teng, Advisory Editor, Lu, Jie, Advisory Editor, Melin, Patricia, Advisory Editor, Nedjah, Nadia, Advisory Editor, Nguyen, Ngoc Thanh, Advisory Editor, Wang, Jun, Advisory Editor, Rocha, Álvaro, editor, Adeli, Hojjat, editor, Reis, Luís Paulo, editor, and Costanzo, Sandra, editor

Published
2019
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3. Exploring Architectural Details Through a Wearable Egocentric Vision Device.

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Alletto, Stefano, Abati, Davide, Serra, Giuseppe, and Cucchiara, Rita

Subjects
*CULTURAL property, *WEARABLE cameras, *TOURISTS, *COMPUTER vision, *CAMERAS
Abstract

Augmented user experiences in the cultural heritage domain are in increasing demand by the new digital native tourists of 21st century. In this paper, we propose a novel solution that aims at assisting the visitor during an outdoor tour of a cultural site using the unique first person perspective of wearable cameras. In particular, the approach exploits computer vision techniques to retrieve the details by proposing a robust descriptor based on the covariance of local features. Using a lightweight wearable board, the solution can localize the user with respect to the 3D point cloud of the historical landmark and provide him with information about the details at which he is currently looking. Experimental results validate the method both in terms of accuracy and computational effort. Furthermore, user evaluation based on real-world experiments shows that the proposal is deemed effective in enriching a cultural experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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4. Smart cities and smart tourism: what future do they bring?

Author

Sergio Martins, Fábio Barros, José Martins, Bruna Pinto, Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira, and Ana Raquel Matos

Subjects
Technology, business.industry, media_common.quotation_subject, Corporate governance, 05 social sciences, Smart tourism, 02 engineering and technology, Public relations, Focus group, State (polity), Sustainability, Paradigm shift, Perception, 0502 economics and business, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing, Smart guides, Natural resource management, business, 050212 sport, leisure & tourism, Tourism, media_common, Smart cities
Abstract

We have sought to understand the current state of the art on smart tourism and on smart cities. Furthermore, we have sought to understand community awareness and the will to embrace innovation, as they are decisive factors to acquire base knowledge and overcome barriers in (soon to be) overpopulated cities and for those who are looking for a limited time culture experience - known as tourists. We live in an age where technology is increasingly present in our lives and provides us solutions to societal problems. Problems such as traffic, infrastructure and natural resources management, or even increasing citizens’ participation in governance, bringing them closer to decision-making. The objective is to understand the current level of people’s knowledge about the impact that technologies have on the society in which we live and their perception of the usefulness in solving these same problems. Therefore, an anonymous questionnaire was carried out (176 valid answers were received), as well as a focus group with two experts on the Smart Cities subject. What future is brought by those who live and breathe technology? Are people willing to accept a paradigm shift? This work is financed by the ERDF – European Regional Development Fund through the Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation - COMPETE 2020 Programme and by National Funds through the Portuguese funding agency, FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia within project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031309 entitled “PromoTourVR - Promoting Tourism Destinations with Multisensory Immersive Media”. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Published
2019

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