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The objectives of this application are to facilitate (both the general public and property managers) the co-creation of content of educational resources and, through the space of co-creation, to become a tool of communication and interaction between and with users.

We will also focus on analyzing the benefits of using new technologies to educate and disseminate heritage differently from traditional ones. The very renewal of the heritage dissemination model can make it more attractive, especially for the public to whom we want to address the majority, young people.

Motiv refers to motivation, AR to the use of augmented reality - AR and CHE because it is focus on the learn in topics related to cultural heritage (Cultural Heritage - CHE).

You will create contents associated to cultural heritage elements and you will share it with other users.

You will view contents created by other users.

The Motiv-ARCHE application works in web navigators and mobile devices with operating system Android (download it here).

Register from the website or mobile application and start to discover the cultural and natural heritage like you have never experienced before.

Basic functionalities

• Points of interest: You have to insert the name, some characteristics (public or private, active or inactive) and attach some tags. In addition, you have to select how the augmented reality will be activated (by image recognition and/or by geographical position) and the contents that you want to augment. The contents that you can create are of type audio, image, video, 3D model an websites. For each content is required a description , the url or the file where is located and the tags associated.
  
  Manage point of interest It allows get information about the point of interest registered in the Motiv-ARCHE application. For that, the system ask you the elements that hte user want to manage, where you can select the name of the point of interest, if it is active and/or inactive, if it is public and/or pivate, the generated rating by image recognition (0 stars means that the image is not good to recognize by the application and 5 means that the images is very good to do the recognition), the associated tags of the point of interest and the creator of the point of interest (it can show all the points of all or the points only created by the user). In the moment that the user does the search of the points of interest, the system allows do the edition/elimination of the point of interest of the user creator and/or the points that are public.
  
  In the case of the details,you can get more information related to the point of interest such as the name, the status (active/inactive), the email creator, if the point is public or private and the latitude/longitude if it uses recognition by geographical position.
  
  The edit option, allows modify the information of the point of interest where is requested the same information when you create a point of interest. The difference, in this case is that the user can modify the information of the point of interest such as the name, tags of the point, the methods that use to show the contents in augmented reality, add/delete/edit contents. Finally, the option delete, delete the point of interest and the content associated.
  
  
  
  You can co-create point of interest in the website such as in the app.


• Content visualization of the point of interest. If the point of interest is activated by image recognition, the app installed in your mobile device will use the camera to scan the images associated and when it find the image, the application use it to show on the screen the contents associated (audios, images, videos, tridimensional models and/or websites) using the augmented reality.
  
  If the point of interest is activated by geographical position, the app installed use the GPS sensor to locate and show the contents associated.
  
  
  
  The content visualization only works in the mobile app.
  


• Routes: The user defines the route using the patrimonial elements that exists in the application or creating it as new points of interest.The application requires the route's name, the method that the person will use to transport for the differente point of interest (walking, driving, bycicling) and the points of interest that are part of the route. These points of interest can be inserted searching it by the name, selecting a point in the map, inserting the latitude/longitude or selecting a existing point in the application
  
  





Other functionalities



• Manage tags Allows manage the tags that will be used to classify the point of interest and the associated contents. For that, the application ask you the tag name and if other users can modify or delete it.


• Content co-creation As well called as "Instructional Materials Motivation Survey", is a usability test composed by 36 questions that measure the reaction of the users in the use of the system. This test will allow us get feedback of the users in the moment that they use the Motiv-ARCHE application. With this feedback we can get the aspects that the application must keep and improve in future versions of the application.


• TAM Test As well called as "Tecnology Acceptance Model", is a usability test that identifies the intention of use a product or application. This test has 15 questions, that allows identify external variables of the application such as the facility use, usage perception and the intention of the users to use the application. This test will allow for future versions consider the user's opinion in terms of experience in the moment that they use the Motiv-ARCHE application and with these we can improve the characteristics and functionalities.


• Usage summary (administrators) this option only works for administrators users, this consist to show information of use of the Vuforia database. The information shows the status of the recognition images (actives, inactives, in processing), the name of the database, the number of recognitions allowed monthly, the number of images registered, the number of recognitions obtained in the month and the number of total recognitions.