MARCH: mobile augmented reality for cultural heritage

ABSTRACT

We present MARCH, a complete solution for enhanced cultural heritage discovery using the mobile phone. Simply point the camera of a mobile device at prehistoric cave engravings. Then MARCH augments the captured images with the expert's drawings, highlighting in real time the animal engravings, which are almost impossible to observe with the naked eye. We have created a mobile augmented reality application which runs at 14 FPS for 320x240 frames on a Nokia N95 smartphone. We describe the optimizations and the requirements needed to obtain these results on mobile devices.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.1 Multimedia Information Systems

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
      I.3.m Miscellaneous
  I.4 IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER VISION
      I.4.3 Enhancement
          Subjects: Registration

General Terms:
Algorithms, Design, Experimentation, Performance

Keywords:
augmented reality, cultural heritage, mobile application