Encouraging persons to visit cultural sites through mini-games

نویسندگان

  • Massimo Mecella
  • Francesco Leotta
  • Andrea Marrella
  • Federico Palucci
  • Chiara Seri
  • Tiziana Catarci
چکیده

Gamification has been recently proposed as a technique to improve user engagement in different activities, including visits to cultural sites and cultural tourism in general. We present the design, development and initial validation of the NEPTIS Poleis system, which consists of a mobile application and a Web interface for curators, allowing the definition, and subsequent fruition by users, of different minigames suitable for open-air assets. Received on 6 December 2017; accepted on 13 December 2017; published on 4 January 2018

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • EAI Endorsed Trans. Serious Games

دوره 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2018