ΑΙΜS AND OBJECTIVES
This is the official website of Project FIREFLY – Fostering vIrtual heRitage Experience For eLderlY
The aim of FIREFLY is to fosters the enjoyment of culture by elderly people through the development of a methodological and technological framework that, in turn, will enable software developers in the field of Cultural Heritage to offer custom-made digital tools and applications tailored to the needs of senior citizens. This will be accomplished by developing a novel user/visitor model for the particular target group, with the term model referring to a very specific profile.
The objectives of FIREFLY are:
- to design, develop, and evaluate optimised versions of Cultural Heritage (CH) related Extended Reality (XR) applications. Existing CH typical applications employing XR are developed for the average user, gravitating towards the young or people who are familiar with digital apps and their interfaces.
- to create interfaces that are optimal for the elderly on the basis of insights gained through research with the use of Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) equipment, unified electroencephalography (EEG), and eye gaze tracking technologies.
- to create intelligent real-time modeling of the cognitive abilities of elderly people, thus providing groundbreaking technological advances in the investigation of the ways cultural experiences can be optimized for the older generations.
- to enable the development of human cognition-centered personalisation and significantly advance the state-of-the-art research in human cognitive modeling in terms of cultural heritage provisions for the inclusion of the elderly (either healthy or with mild cognitive impairment-MCI).
Objectives of FIREFLY in a nutshell
FIREFLY aims to design, develop, and evaluate optimised versions of Cultural Heritage (CH) related Extended Reality (XR) applications. Existing CH typical applications employing XR are developed for the average user, gravitating towards the young, or people who are familiar with digital apps and their interfaces. FIREFLY aims to create interfaces that are optimal for the elderly on the basis of insights gained through research with the use of Brain Computer Interface (BCI) equipment, unified electroencephalography (EEG), and eye gaze tracking technologies. FIREFLY aims at intelligent real-time modelling of cognitive abilities of elderly people, thus providing groundbreaking technological advances in the investigation of the ways cultural experiences can be optimised for the older generations. Thus FIREFLY will enable the development of human cognition-centred personalization, and significantly advance the state-of-the-art research in human cognitive modelling in terms of cultural heritage provisions for the inclusion of the elderly (either healthy or with mild cognitive impairment-MCI).
WORK PACKAGES AND DELIVERABLES
WP1: Cultural Heritage-related Research Design and Development
- Task 1.1: Survey Analysis on the engagement of the elderly with Digital Heritage
- Task 1.2: 3D monuments’ documentation
- Task 1.3: Definition of the needs of elderly users of XR applications with emphasis on Cultural Heritage
- Task 1.4: Inclusion of 3D monuments’ documentation
WP2: Adaptation of XR experiences’ software in accordance with the User Model developed for the elderly
- Task 2.1: Survey Analysis on Human Cognitive Theories and Models
- Task 2.2: Specification of a Multi-dimensional Cognition-centered User Model
- Task 2.3: EEG, BCI and Eye Gaze Data Acquisition
- Task 2.4: Cognitive typology Classification for the elderly
- Task 2.5: Adaptation of Platform, Integration and Application
WP3: User Studies & Experimental Evaluation
- T3.1: Design of Experimental Evaluation Methodology
- T3.2: Formative Evaluation
- T3.3: Summative Evaluation
- T3.4: Adaptation Guidelines
WP4: Dissemination and Communication Management
- T4.1: Dissemination
- T4.2: Communication
WP5: Project management and coordination
- T5.1: Administrative and Financial Management
- T5.2: Scientific Management and Quality Assurance
- T5.3: Risk Assessment and contingency plan
PROJECT PARTNERS
The project partners and their contribution is depicted in the following picture.
FIREFLY’s workplace is straightforward and spans a two-year period.