Liarokapis, FotisNewman, Robert M.Mount, SarahGoldsmith, DanMacan, LuisMalone, GarryShuttleworth, JamesD. Arnold and F. Niccolucci and A. Chalmers2014-01-312014-01-312007978-3-905674-01-91811-864Xhttps://doi.org/10.2312/VAST/VAST07/031-038During the past few years museums and other cultural heritage institutions have started making use of handheld technologies to provide tourist guides to their visitors. For open-air sites, a number of experimental and commercial applications have been developed based on location-based guides. However, in museum environments static audiovisual guides are the dominant technologies used. In this paper, we present a novel pervasive mixed reality framework to a sensor network capturing ambient noise that can be used to create tangible cultural heritage exhibitions. Localisation of the visitors can be established in a hybrid manner based on machine vision and a wireless sensor network allowing visitors to interact naturally or with the help of sensors. In terms of interface design, a multimodal mixed reality visualisation domain allows for an audio-visual presentation of cultural heritage artefacts.Categories: Mixed Reality, Pervasive Sensing, Heritage Exhibitions, Interactive Environments.