Soundscape of an Archaeological Site Recreated with Audio Augmented Reality

This article investigates the use of an audio augmented reality (AAR) system to recreate the soundscape of a medieval archaeological site. The aim of our work was to explore whether it is possible to enhance a tourist's archaeological experience, which is often derived from only scarce remains. We developed a smartphone-based AAR system, which uses location and orientation sensors to synthesize the soundscape of a site and plays it to the user...