Title: LOVINA: Location-aware Virtual Navigation system based on active RFID

Authors: Ching-Sheng Wang

Addresses: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Aletheia University, 32, Chen-Li St., Tamsui, Taipei Hsien 25103, Taiwan

Abstract: This paper presents a novel application called LOVINA for RFID computing that integrates RFID positioning technology and virtual reality. Using a museum as an example, we develop a 3D virtual navigation system that supports indoor RFID localisation. If a user is carrying a notebook or mobile device while walking through an exhibition room, the system can update the user|s position accurately. This information can be used to guide users as they near particular historical objects; for example, the system can trigger special information that alerts users and helps them experience real and virtual historical relics, buildings, and incidents more completely.

Keywords: RFID; radio frequency identification; location-aware; localisation; positioning; virtual navigation systems; virtual reality; museums; museum exhibitions; digital culture; historical objects.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2011.043585

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2011 Vol.8 No.4, pp.241 - 248

Received: 17 Nov 2009
Accepted: 03 Mar 2010
Published online: 10 Nov 2011 *

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