Virtual Reality for Historical Architecture

Abstract

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> This article shows a first step in the development of an immersive virtual tour of the Cathedral of Palermo, entering the fields of Digital Cultural Heritage and Edutainment. Its purpose is to help people to gain knowledge about the site, highlighting the complex stratifications that have characterized its history.</p><p>The development of the project has been possible thanks to different phases of work: surveys were initially carried out by laser scanning, then assembled and processed to obtain the 3D model of the current state; at the same time, the model of reconstruction was processed in several phases, based on historical, archival and iconographic sources; both models were, later, subject to post-processing, preparatory to the development of virtual navigation. The tour scenario includes options in order to make it attractive for the player, such as interactive elements, interfaces and animations.</p>

Virtual Visits as an Alternative Approach to Learn Urban and Architectural Heritage Preservation During Lockdown

“…With a simple technology, depending on the patrimonial characteristics, a virtual visit has been produced, without additional economic costs, nor digitalizations with specialized equipment. Using digital elements combined, we work for more tan an inmersive virtual tour of a monument [6]: a shared four-hour online urban visit was made by teachers and students. Use was made of documentary and graphic resources and the work of teachers: historical cartography, with the Guadalquivir river as the backbone, approaches to its urban spaces and associated intangible heritage (historical and recent photographs, local videos and foreign production, case of France 3, and its television program "Des racines et des ailes" devoted to "Séville, fille du Guadalquivir").…”

A Review of Photogrammetry and Photorealistic 3D Models in Education From a Psychological Perspective

“…Following this interpretation, other signals besides light waves (e.g., X-rays, radio waves) can be used in the process. This broad definition opens the door for the wide applications of photogrammetry, including archeology (Drap et al, 2007;Howland et al, 2014), architecture (Debevec, 1997;Agnello et al, 2019), topographic mapping (Fonstad et al, 2013), mining (Abbaszadeh and Rastiveis, 2017), construction (Tuttas et al, 2014), autonomous driving (Nguyen et al, 2019), detecting underground nuclear tests (Wang et al, 2018) and harvesting (Walter et al, 2018). Because of this broad definition and the widespread use, several different technologies have been subsumed under the term photogrammetry.…”

“…Apart from scientific research (e.g., computer science) and specialized fields (e.g., cartography), a wider range of potential uses can be identified in preservation and education in museums (e.g., Kersten et al, 2017;Kersten, 2018;Agnello et al, 2019). In the field of preservation or archeology, the measurement with photography provides special benefits that lead to its frequent application.…”

Virtual Museums as a Means for Promotion and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage

“…Many projects address the digital reconstruction and recontextualization of artefacts that no longer exist (Anastasovitis. E., Roumeliotis, 2018;Fanini et al, 2019;Agnello et al, 2019) also allowing an understanding of the timeline (Kersten et al, 2017). All the cited experimentations of VM are valuable examples of how the concept idea is devoted to augment the educational engagement of the visitor, proposing stimulating forms of storytelling in an immersive and interactive environment (Pietroni et al, 2018;Latos et al, 2018).…”