A multimedia guidebook implementation using a bluetooth wireless information point network

This paper describes the implementation of a Bluetooth Village Guide Book (VGB) scenario for use in the Kelvin Grove Urban Village located in Brisbane, Australia. An Information Point Station Network (IPSN) was developed, along with software for two types of mobile computing devices. The implementation consists of several Information Point Stations (IPSs) placed at locations of significance, with access to information items on a centralized server. Once a user is registered on the network, he/she is given the opportunity to experience context and eventually user aware information on demand and in various multimedia formats. These information items are selected by the user, either by way of a menu system appearing on their mobile computing device or a more intuitive pointer-tag system. Information items are then ‘beamed’ to the user’s mobile computing device for the user to view. The implementation was found to be successful and was tested with multiple users accessing informatio...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: WMASH
• Authors: Matthew D'Souza, Adam Postula, Neil Bergmann, Montserrat Ros
• Keywords: Information Items, Information Point Stations, Mobile Computing Devices, Wireless Networks, WMASH 2005