Graphical representation of the navigation status in a virtual tour

• Main Author: Nguyen , Minh Tuan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2013
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13585/1/Thesis_14155_NGUYEN%20MINH%20TUAN.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13585/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Nowadays, the term “panoramic virtual museum’ has become familiar among us since there are numbers of existing panoramic virtual museums throughout the world. However, despite Malaysia being a country with developing technology infrastructures, it can be realized that there is still a lack of museum websites that have applied this technique successfully. Furthermore, looking at most current existing museum websites in Malaysia today, it is found that, these entire websites are poor at implementing website navigation usability and focused primarily in text rather than graphics. Thus, it may result in the loss of interest to the users and they may unable to find the content that they want to view. Therefore, this project is aimed to develop a web-based panoramic virtual museum for a local museum in Malaysia (Pasir Salak Historical Complex). By using the prototyping-based methodology, an application of virtual museum will be developed based on user requirement collected through interview and questionnaire. Within the scope of the project, tt will focus mainly on developing a graphical representation of navigation for user to interact with; avoid navigational confusion and make it become more attractive.