ashura event is one of the most important historical events thathas gained a great deal of attention not only from muslim scholars but also from many non-muslims as well. considering historical-cultural relation betweeniranand arabs, especially iniraq, ashura has emerged as a common element in culture of both nations. this helps us to make comparative studies on the two cultures.  in addition, ...

Tourism development policy will pay attention to stakeholders, especially the people, who play an important role. However, in reality, when people participate rural tourism development, they are not equipped with basic knowledge and skills managing serving tourists. Because benefits between stakeholders still clear, participation of is currently only passive. Active need be directed from Govern...

Virtual Harlem is a virtual reality reconstruction of Harlem, New York, during the 1920s. It was designed to immerse students of the Harlem Renaissance directly in the historical context of the literature of that period. The goal of this prototype is to develop rich, interactive, and narrative learning experiences to augment classroom activities for students in the humanities. This paper descri...

This paper describes a work in progress towards the implementation of a complete system that provides tourists with relevant visual information related to cultural heritage sites. Thanks to the diffusion of high-end mobile devices and the recent improvement in computer vision research on 3D Structure and Motion reconstruction, it is now possible to develop mobile mixed reality applications that...