El uso de la Realidad Aumentada Asistentes Virtuales para Enseñar

Using Augmented Reality Virtual Assistants to Teach the Traditional Leather Tanning Process Gustavo Maçães CCG – Centro de Computação Gráfica Guimarães, Portugal Waldir Pimenta CCG – Centro de Computação Gráfica Guimarães, Portugal Elizabeth Carvalho CCG –... More

Using Augmented Reality Virtual Assistants to Teach the Traditional Leather Tanning Process Gustavo Maçães CCG – Centro de Computação Gráfica Guimarães, Portugal Waldir Pimenta CCG – Centro de Computação Gráfica Guimarães, Portugal Elizabeth Carvalho CCG – Centro de Computação Gráfica Guimarães, Portugal Abstract— The leather tanning process carries a high cultural value in Guimarães city. In some areas of Portugal, most of the society and its history are somehow interlaced with the history of the leather and all the associated processes of its production. There is a great lack of a “vivid” memory about the leather tanning process and its social implications. References to it in Guimarães city can be reduced to text and poor quality pictures. On the other hand, it is important to transmit to future generations the valuable role of the leather tanning in the local culture. At this point, the use of augmented reality techniques can help to illustrate interactively, expressively and with Less