Mobile Game for Virtual Heritage Exploration - MHEX
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In this paper, we present a virtual heritage application called MHEX (Mobile Heritage Exploration for George Town) that provides a technologyintegrated environment that allows users to gain knowledge of various heritage sitesthrough gaming on mobile platform. With this application, everybody can learn about the significance of various heritage sites through a game that combines the games of monopoly and treasure hunt. The game is implemented and tested within the urban environment of George Town, Malaysia, running on iPhone from Apple.
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