Motivation

The principal goal is to develop an application using virtual reality technology to increase the public engagement in archaeological processes. The overall objective is to create engaging narratives using cost effective VR setup through the manipulation of virtual objects using natural user interfaces through simple gesture and pose controls.

Current Setup (Functional Requirements)

1. Technology: WebVR
2. Languages and framework: HTML, CSS, Javascript, A-Frame

Current Setup (Non-Functional Requirements)

1. Source Code Repository Manager: Git
2. Platform as a Service (PaaS): Heroku (http://boiling-falls-96383.herokuapp.com/)

How to Run?

1. To run this application locally, nodejs and npm needs to be present on the machine.Run below command from the root folder.

   $>npminstall$>node server.js

2. Access the application at the browser URL http://localhost:12810/

Areas of Improvements/Scope for further development

1. Enhance the user experience for Samsung GearVR with Diego
2. Backend application to have to store the player information like personal details, pretest results, gameplay summary and posttest results to a NoSQL database
3. Application to display statistical information in graphs and charts
4. Inclusion of any media files like audio, video and texts regarding archaeological domain to make the user experience better
5. (Non-Functional Requirement) Static code analysis using Sonarqube to reduce code duplicacy and improve coding standards

Testing

Tested with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Amazon Silk web browsers Tested on Ubuntu laptop and Android mobiles

Known Issues

1. SetTimeout is not working, ie timing out immediately, in Google Chrome web browser
2. Audio is loaded twice so as to enable backbround music on laptop Firefox browser
3. Images are not in the power of two so A-frame spends time in converting them to the power of two (width x height in pixels)
4. Faced the error 'Rats! WebGL hit a snag!' on Amazon Silk browser while loading obj model on Kindle Fire

References

1. Map of Scotland https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Map_of_Scotland_within_the_United_Kingdom.svg/2000px-Map_of_Scotland_within_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png

2. Map edit to retain transparency http://www168.lunapic.com/editor/

3. A-Frame Docs https://aframe.io/docs/0.5.0/introduction/

4. Skybox image https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/2000x2000fit/1/0/2/1265102_AJ01___AndrewLee_NMS_4.jpg

5. Skybox image update with google street view google maps : national museum of scotland street view panaroma id: F:-HzAAlrq1WUQ/V9IqaOTbsYI/AAAAAAAAidQ/8KOdrpWzouIEE2OA1NEPhs4QQi2LgxRRQCLIB Panaroma Image courtesy of Davide Rizzo Application and Panaroma link : https://istreetview.com/F:-HzAAlrq1WUQ/V9IqaOTbsYI/AAAAAAAAidQ/8KOdrpWzouIEE2OA1NEPhs4QQi2LgxRRQCLIB Street View 360 Windows application to download as a skybox (Skybox creation is also possible with google streetview android app)

6. DOM introduction https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document_Object_Model/Introduction

7. Text on plane https://github.com/aframevr/aframe/blob/master/dist/aframe-master.js https://github.com/aframevr/aframe/tree/master/examples/test/text

8. Logging in file https://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/nodejs_filesystem.asp https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6912584/how-to-get-get-query-string-variables-in-express-js-on-node-js

9. Evaluation screen design https://www.freshdesignweb.com/css-registration-form-templates/

10. Heroku git repository URL https://git.heroku.com/boiling-falls-96383.git

11. Heroku application URL https://boiling-falls-96383.herokuapp.com/

12. Sticker 1 https://rlv.zcache.com/trust_me_im_an_archaeological_museum_keeper_square_sticker-rc8c229401eb542ffbaa8033fc2b76caf_v9wf3_8byvr_324.jpg

13. Sticker 2 https://rlv.zcache.com/i_dig_archaeology_classic_round_sticker-r068df2d2f1fa41cb96b74510dcd8e510_v9waf_8byvr_324.jpg

14. Models of Ava's skull and the beaker (Decimated to around 10MB from 600MB with Blender application) https://sketchfab.com/models/b7d543087d3d4754834db766b1b247c9 https://sketchfab.com/models/48e90ca2a90a4c118be13b261c03e7b5

15. Archaeological sites https://canmore.org.uk/site/52068/edinburgh-castle Edinburgh Castle - Edinburgh https://canmore.org.uk/insites/34 Cladh Hallan prehistoric village - Machair, South Uist https://canmore.org.uk/insites/27 Delfour ring cairn and stone circle - Alvie, Highland https://canmore.org.uk/insites/31 Swaites Hill 'Hero's cairn' - South Lanarkshire https://achavanichbeakerburial.wordpress.com/about/ Achavanich Beaker Burial Project

16. Sound - Scene background music https://freesound.org/people/frankum/sounds/320497/

17. Tool/Process images Expert in the Field http://archaeology.mrdonn.org/ Riso Minisys Machine http://www.oxfordauthentication.com/about-us/the-laboratory-and-the-tl-testing-process/reso/ Accelerator Mass Spectrometry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerator_mass_spectrometry https://www.physics.purdue.edu/ams/introduction/ams.html Macroscopic Analysis http://enthusio.com/best/13050/Best-Archaeology-Books Thermoluminescence Dating http://www.scientificarttests.com/images/art-tl-thermo.jpg Radiocarbon Dating http://722836920996307078.weebly.com/radiocarbon-dating.html http://rses.anu.edu.au/files/radiocarbon_sub1.jpg

18. Shuffle algorithm https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2450954/how-to-randomize-shuffle-a-javascript-array

19. Timer code https://www.w3schools.com/howto/tryit.asp?filename=tryhow_js_countdown https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1197928/how-to-add-30-minutes-to-a-javascript-date-object

Meeting Notes with Diego and Jun - 17 July 2017

instructions + performance + graphics, performance and 7 years old playable - arrows in process - more info with dots - side panel instructions progress text splash screen to have vr image

roomscaping google blocks environment component aframe registry - particles in the air, layout link traversal and portals explosion mesh component in the end turn around on the showVideoTabs oscillators of sound from diekus boundary checker github pages - master page