TY - JFULL AU - Stephen Barnes and Ian Mills and Frances Cleary PY - 2023/5/ TI - A Design of an Augmented Reality Based Virtual Heritage Application T2 - International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences SP - 247 EP - 252 VL - 17 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10013056 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 196, 2023 N2 - Augmented and Virtual Reality based applications offer many benefits for the heritage and tourism sector. This technology provides a platform to showcase the regions of interest to people without the need for them to be physically present, which has had a positive impact on enticing tourists to visit those locations. However, the technology also provides the opportunity to present historical artefacts in a form that accurately represents their original, intended appearance. Three sites of interest were identified in the Lingaun Valley in South East Ireland wherein virtual representations of site specific artefacts of interest were created via a multidisciplinary team encompassing archaeology, art history, 3D modelling, design and software development. The collated information has been presented to users via an Augmented Reality mobile based application that provides information in an engaging manner that encourages an interest in history as well as visits to the sites in the Lingaun Valley. ER -