Natural interaction in VR environments for Cultural Heritage and its impact inside museums: The Etruscanning project

Pietroni, Eva; Ray, Christie; Rufa, Claudio; Pletinckx, Daniel; Kampen, Iefke van

doi:10.1109/vsmm.2012.6365943

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“…Gesture-based is surely the interaction technique that provides more benefits during a virtual exhibition: users can directly interact with digital contents through the movements of their hands (or body) without wearing or touching any device. An application example of gesture-based interaction in CH is the Etruscanning Project [Pietroni et al, 2012] where the virtual environment allows users to walk in and interact with the artefacts by using their gestures. Another example is the QueryArch3D [Richards-Rissetto et al, 2012] that is an online tool enabling users to move and query multiple-resolution 3D models through the movements of their body.…”

Section: Vr Application To Cultural Exhibitionsmentioning

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3D Visualization of Cultural Heritage Artefacts with Virtual Reality devices

Barsanti

Caruso

Micoli

et al. 2015

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:Although 3D models are useful to preserve the information about historical artefacts, the potential of these digital contents are not fully accomplished until they are not used to interactively communicate their significance to non-specialists. Starting from this consideration, a new way to provide museum visitors with more information was investigated. The research is aimed at valorising and making more accessible the Egyptian funeral objects exhibited in the Sforza Castle in Milan. The results of the research will be used for the renewal of the current exhibition, at the Archaeological Museum in Milan, by making it more attractive. A 3D virtual interactive scenario regarding the "path of the dead", an important ritual in ancient Egypt, was realized to augment the experience and the comprehension of the public through interactivity. Four important artefacts were considered for this scope: two ushabty, a wooden sarcophagus and a heart scarab. The scenario was realized by integrating low-cost Virtual Reality technologies, as the Oculus Rift DK2 and the Leap Motion controller, and implementing a specific software by using Unity. The 3D models were implemented by adding responsive points of interest in relation to important symbols or features of the artefact. This allows highlighting single parts of the artefact in order to better identify the hieroglyphs and provide their translation. The paper describes the process for optimizing the 3D models, the implementation of the interactive scenario and the results of some test that have been carried out in the lab.

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Section: Vr Application To Cultural Exhibitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

3D Visualization of Cultural Heritage Artefacts with Virtual Reality devices

Barsanti

Caruso

Micoli

et al. 2015

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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“…Some pioneering experiences in the domain of gesture-based interaction in heritage VR environments have been done in the last 3 years by CNR ITABC [Pietroni et al 2012a[Pietroni et al , 2012bPescarin et al 2013]. …”

Section: Gesture-based Interaction In Vr Environments: a New Frontiermentioning

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Interacting with Virtual Reconstructions in Museums

Pietroni

Adami

2014

J. Comput. Cult. Herit.

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Starting from our experience in this domain, we discuss some fundamental concepts about the potentialities of the virtual reconstructions of cultural sites inside museums, with a specific focus on the communication needs, the design, the combination of media, the interaction interfaces, and the embodiment. We conceive a virtual reconstruction as a digital ecosystem, whose main peculiarities are (1) 3D reconstruction, (2) inclusivity, and (3) interactivity. A virtual reconstruction, in a wide sense, should integrate different levels of visualization, both realistic and symbolic; 3D models; metadata; storytelling; behaviors; and tools of visualization and interaction, in order to "reconstruct" and communicate a cultural context, an ecosystem where all the information is integrated. Despite the great advancements of the last years in the digitization process, computer graphics techniques, and archiving strategies, a basic limit of most of virtual museums is that they do not fire up the attention and the involvement of the public: they lack stimulating activities for visitors, narratives metaphors, and emotional impact. The interaction interfaces are not always simple to understand and to control in a few minutes, and they can generate a sense of frustration that causes users to abandon the application after a short and superficial approach. No gap should exist between knowledge and communication. But how can we translate the complexity of the knowledge in appealing to users and into simple applications that fit with the public's need? This article focuses on some communication rules and criteria that are often considered of minor importance by the researchers working in the field of digital cultural heritage but that are really essential to cultural transmission, especially inside museums. We believe that a stronger collaboration between research institutions and museums and among different disciplines would be recommended. Given this premise, we present the Etruscanning EU project, developed in 2011-2013, focused on the virtual reconstruction of two important Etruscan tombs of the Orientalizing period: the Regolini-Galassi tomb in Cerveteri and the tomb n.5 of Monte Michele in Veii.

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“…Due realizzazioni di rilievo sono l'installazione delle "Teche parlanti" di Mizar (2013), presso il Museo Nazionale Archeologico di Cerveteri ed Etruscanning (2012Etruscanning ( -2013, realizzato da CNR-ITABC per i Musei Vaticani. Il secondo esempio è particolarmente significativo: la ricostruzione virtuale della tomba Regolini Galassi è resa interattiva in modo naturale mediante Kinect ed il visitatore può attivare la narrazione ed interrogare i reperti "muovendosi" nella tomba virtuale (PIETRONI et al, 2012).…”

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Valorizzazione cross-mediale di collezioni museali archeologiche italiane

Guidazzoli¹,

Liguori

Luca³

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Virtual archaeol. rev.

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Resumen En la difícil tarea de captar la atención de los visitantes y grabar la experiencia en su memoria, museos y lugares de interés cultural recurren cada vez más a las aplicaciones informáticas. Pero ¿son todas ellas válidas y ejecutables ATTIRARE L'ATTENZIONE DEL VISITATORE E SEGNARNE LA MEMORIACome rivelato dallo studio Istc-CNR del 2007 (ANTINUCCI, 2007), l'attenzione dei visitatori è difficile da trattenere ed ancora più difficile è riuscire a lasciare un segno sulla loro memoria. Metà del campione intervistato all'epoca, rispetto alla visita delle sale di Raffaello e Caravaggio presso i Musei Vaticani, non ricordava assolutamente i soggetti delle opere "viste" e il 32% ricordava cose non presenti nelle sale. E' evidente quindi, come affermato dallo stesso Antinucci, autore del rilevamento, quanto sia importante aiutare il visitatore a rendere un po' più memorabile la frequentazione del museo riuscendo, al contempo, a comunicare 94 meglio i contenuti. Tra le possibili soluzioni, le applicazioni informatiche possono costituire un valido supporto e, per quanto la scelta sia ampia, è necessario capire su quali elementi di forza puntare. Il presente articolo mira, attraverso una overview di alcuni progetti in sviluppo presso VisitLab Cineca (Visual Information Technology Laboratory, http://www.cineca.it/it/content/visittecnologie-e-applicazioni) ad esporre una panoramica di possibilità mirate a focalizzare l'attenzione del visitatore museale e lasciare un segno. ARCHEOLOGICI PER IL GRANDE PUBBLICO VALORIZZARE CONTENUTI

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Natural interaction in VR environments for Cultural Heritage and its impact inside museums: The Etruscanning project

Cited by 30 publications

References 4 publications

3D Visualization of Cultural Heritage Artefacts with Virtual Reality devices

3D Visualization of Cultural Heritage Artefacts with Virtual Reality devices

Interacting with Virtual Reconstructions in Museums

Valorizzazione cross-mediale di collezioni museali archeologiche italiane

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