Proposal ver.1.3

TITLE

Virtual Guide – Perak Museum (Taiping)

ABSTRACT

The Muzium Perak (Perak Museum) is the oldest museum in the Peninsula. The building was completed in 1886, and subsequent additions were made in 1900.

In the early days, the pioneers of museum work in what was then Malaya gave greater emphasis to the natural sciences, especially flora and fauna that had economic significance. It was only much later that the museum began to document the material culture and the life of the peoples of Malaysia.

The objective behind the setting up of the museum is to establish a repository of the rich cultural heritage of Malaysia.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Both genders.
• 15-40 years old.
• Malaysian and tourist
• People who love history and heritage

GOAL

The main goal of virtual guide-Perak Museum is to promote tourism and attract tourist from Malaysia and all over the world to visit Perak Museum which is situated at Taiping, Perak.

This application been doing is to give the users or tourist another alternative to visit this museum rather than going to this place.

This virtual application would allow the user to fully explore the entire house. User will be able to interact with the pictographs or other things that translate the message and give the information.

OBJECTIVE

• to immerse the user through realistic visual and audio effects
• to understand the message behind the pictographs through pop-up menu
• to allow user to easily access the museum through web based VR application
• to give an unique experience to the user by involving them into the museum using VR application.

BENCHMARK

DESCRIPTION

On the starting page before the user starts the VR application, there will be a brief introduction of the application and also a list of instruction on how the user can navigate and interact with the object within the environment.

The museum will be divide into 3 sections which is anthropology, zoology and local history. Users can randomly choose which section they want to explore first. Each section will have their own interaction. In term of the interaction, there will be a pop-up or the item will be close up to show the detail/info about the thing. Items or object that user can interact will be glowing or there will be mark on it.

INTERACTION DESCRIPTION

• User will be able to navigate the house through the device had been given.
• User will be able to toggle ON and OFF the interactive map.
• User can interact with the object when the object shining or there will be a mark on the object.
• When user clicks on the object, there will a pop-up to show about the info or message.