Abstract Studies in the Virtual Heritage (VH) domain have led to underlining the significance of a contextual relationship between users, immersive reality technologies and interactive and engaging cultural context as essential aspects towards enabling cultural learning in VH applications. Interaction methods, therefore, play a great role in terms of enabling interactive and engaging experience under various VH settings. This paper proposes a novel approach to use maps as interaction interfaces in a Mixed Reality (MxR) environment that could be applied to specific VH settings with a predefined cultural and historical context. The primary focus of the proposed interaction method named ‘Walkable MxR Map’ is to use interactive, immersive and walkable maps to allow users interact with cultural content, 3D models, and different multimedia content at museums and heritage sites. Hence, the applicability of the proposed systems will not be limited to museums' indoor settings; its applicability extends outdoors at the natural location of cultural heritage assets. To this end, immersive reality technologies, interaction methods, development platforms and mapping and cloud storage services have been combined to realise the interaction method. The Walkable MxR Map allows users to interact with virtual objects via maps that are virtually projected on the floor and viewable through MxR devices, specifically the Microsoft HoloLens. The projected maps are room-scale and walkable with a potential global scalability. Besides movement-based interaction, users can interact with virtual objects, multimedia content and 3D models using HoloLens's standard gesture, gaze and voice interaction methods.

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步行式混合现实地图作为虚拟遗产的交互界面

虚拟遗产（VH）领域的抽象研究已经强调了用户之间的上下文关系，沉浸式现实技术以及互动性和参与性文化背景的重要性，这是在VH应用程序中实现文化学习的重要方面。因此，交互方法在启用各种VH设置下的交互和参与体验方面发挥着重要作用。本文提出了一种在混合现实（MxR）环境中将地图用作交互界面的新颖方法，该方法可应用于具有预定义文化和历史背景的特定VH设置。提出的名为“步行MxR地图”的互动方法的主要重点是使用互动，沉浸式和步行式地图，以允许用户与文化内容，3D模型，以及博物馆和遗址中的不同多媒体内容。因此，所提出的系统的适用性将不仅限于博物馆的室内环境。它的适用性在文化遗产资产的自然位置延伸到户外。为此，沉浸式现实技术，交互方法，开发平台以及地图和云存储服务已被组合以实现交互方法。Walkable MxR地图允许用户通过虚拟投影在地板上并可以通过MxR设备（特别是Microsoft HoloLens）查看的地图与虚拟对象进行交互。投影的地图在房间内可行走，具有潜在的全球可扩展性。除了基于动作的交互之外，用户还可以使用HoloLens的标准手势与虚拟对象，多媒体内容和3D模型进行交互，