16/02/2019
The CARAT project aims to leverage the cultural and historical content which is dispersed in the “Street names” of the big or smaller towns. The project’s aim is to develop an application which will offer the following:
- It will offer first-hand historical information about the origin of a street’s name throughout augmented reality technologies,
- It will associate concept - historical period, which is evoked by the street’s name, with points of cultural interest.
- It will have the potentiality to drive the visitor, while suggesting personalized thematic – historical walks in town.
- It will incorporate the geographical dimension and delivers customized information based on user's previous selections.
To achieve these goals, an online city platform is developed, which will host all the data related with each town’s streets, as well as an Augmented Reality application that will be designed for mobile phones and smart glasses.
CARAT has been funded by National funds through the Operational Program “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship & Innovation” 2014-2020.