Personalizing Cultural Heritage Access in a Virtual Reality Exhibition: A User Study on Viewing Behavior and Content Preferences

Delaram Javdani Rikhtehgar; Shenghui Wang; Hester Huitema; Julia Alvares; Stefan Schlobach; Carolien Rieffe; Dirk Heylen

doi:10.1145/3563359.3596666

Personalizing Cultural Heritage Access in a Virtual Reality Exhibition: A User Study on Viewing Behavior and Content Preferences

Delaram Javdani Rikhtehgar^*, Shenghui Wang, Hester Huitema, Julia Alvares, Stefan Schlobach, Carolien Rieffe, Dirk Heylen

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Abstract

Leveraging digital technologies, museums now have the opportunity to embrace innovative approaches such as knowledge graphs, virtual reality, and virtual assistants to enhance the preservation and interactive presentation of cultural information. However, despite these advancements, personalizing the museum experience remains a significant challenge. Thus, this paper aims to investigate the necessary elements for offering personalized access to cultural heritage within a VR exhibition. To accomplish this, a user study was conducted to identify user preferences for tailored content descriptions, track user viewing behavior to gauge their interest in a VR exhibition, and determine preferred methods of information gathering. The study involved 31 participants, and the findings are expected to provide valuable insights for designing effective and engaging VR exhibitions that cater to diverse visitor interests.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UMAP 2023 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	379-387
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450398916
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3563359.3596666
Publication status	Published - 26 Jun 2023
Event	31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, UMAP 2023 - Limassol, Cyprus Duration: 26 Jun 2023 → 30 Jun 2023 Conference number: 31

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Conference	31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, UMAP 2023
Abbreviated title	UMAP 2023
Country/Territory	Cyprus
City	Limassol
Period	26/06/23 → 30/06/23

Keywords

Cultural Heritage
Knowledge Graph
Personalization
Virtual Reality

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Javdani Rikhtehgar, D., Wang, S., Huitema, H., Alvares, J., Schlobach, S., Rieffe, C., & Heylen, D. (2023). Personalizing Cultural Heritage Access in a Virtual Reality Exhibition: A User Study on Viewing Behavior and Content Preferences. In UMAP 2023 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (pp. 379-387). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3563359.3596666

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Javdani Rikhtehgar, D, Wang, S, Huitema, H, Alvares, J, Schlobach, S, Rieffe, C & Heylen, D 2023, Personalizing Cultural Heritage Access in a Virtual Reality Exhibition: A User Study on Viewing Behavior and Content Preferences. in UMAP 2023 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 379-387, 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, UMAP 2023, Limassol, Cyprus, 26/06/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3563359.3596666

Personalizing Cultural Heritage Access in a Virtual Reality Exhibition: A User Study on Viewing Behavior and Content Preferences. / Javdani Rikhtehgar, Delaram; Wang, Shenghui; Huitema, Hester et al.
UMAP 2023 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. p. 379-387.

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