Aerial Virtual Reality: Remote Tourism With Drones

Adeola Ezekiel Fabola; Alan Miller; Ishbel Mary Macdonald Duncan

Aerial Virtual Reality: Remote Tourism With Drones

Adeola Ezekiel Fabola, Alan Miller, Ishbel Mary Macdonald Duncan

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

This paper proposes a portable system for group-based exploration of remote landscapes in real-time. The system incorporates a drone for video capturing, a Raspberry Pi for wireless communication, an Android server for streaming and control, and one or more Android clients for rendering the footage in mobile virtual reality headsets. The system has been evaluated from a technical perspective to investigate and optimise resource utilisation, as well as from a user perspective with participants to investigate usability. The findings demonstrate the feasibility of group-based, virtual tours of remote landscapes in real-time using affordable components.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - Nov 2017
Event	Immersive Italy 2017 \| 7th European Immersive Education Summit - Lucca, Italy, Lucca, Italy Duration: 16 Nov 2017 → 19 Nov 2017 Conference number: 7 http://summit.immersiveeducation.org/Italy/

Conference

Conference	Immersive Italy 2017 \| 7th European Immersive Education Summit
Abbreviated title	EiED
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Lucca
Period	16/11/17 → 19/11/17
Internet address	http://summit.immersiveeducation.org/Italy/

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