Augmented Reality Storytelling – Narrative Design and Reconstruction of a Historical Event in situ

Augmented Reality Storytelling – Narrative Design and Reconstruction of a Historical Event in situ

Mobile augmented reality

augmented reality

AR

mixed reality

situated simulations

sitsim

archive

narrative

storytelling

location-based media

digital cultural heritage

Omaha Beach

D-Day

How may we best utilize mobile augmented reality for storytelling when reconstructing historical events onlocation? In this article we present a series of narrative design considerations when developing an augmented reality application recreating the assault on Omaha Beach in the early morning on D-Day. To what extent may we select existing genre conventions from, for example, documentary film, and adapt them to a location–based audio–visual medium like AR? How can we best combine sequence and access, the narrative flow of an unfolding historical event with the availability of background information, in order to enrich the experience of the story, but without distorting its coherence? To what extent may we draw from existing and well known media representations of the Omaha Beach landing? How was the battle documented with contemporary means? We present the rich documentation of photos, films, drawings, paintings, maps, action reports, official reports, etc., and discuss how these have been employed to create the published AR situated simulation. We also describe and discuss the testing and evaluation of the application on location with visitors, as well as online tracking of its current use.

Liestoel, Gunnar

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 13 No. 12 (2019); pp. 196-209

1865-7923

International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria

2019-12-18

Copyright (c) 2019 Gunnar Liestoel

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Peer-reviewed Article