Virtual Representations of Cultural Heritage: Sharable and Implementable Case Study to Be Enjoyed and Maintained by the Community

Abstract

This paper is related to the field of digital-informed modelling of heritage assets (HBIM). The scientific literature has been addressing this topic for years with many different facets: focusing digitalization on the analysis and modelling of heritage asset geometries, construction, development over time, or the representation of materials and degradations. This research aims not only to optimize the common digital workflows but also to demonstrate the effectiveness of digitalization and virtual reality applications in preserving the memory of places. Furthermore, a strategy for the maintenance of cultural heritage through virtual reality in a participatory process is proposed. The applied method develops appropriate new workflows and tools to enable enjoyment of monuments of the developed case study remotely; moreover, it allows the creation of content from ordinary users that can be incorporated into the digital models over time. Therefore, virtual and augmented reality environments are proving to be effective methods even for non-experts to understand space, allowing for active citizenship involvement.

Trends, Problems, and Solutions from Point Cloud via Non-Uniform Rational Basis Spline to Building Information Modelling: Bibliometric and Systematic Study

“…Twenty-six authors are gathered on reverse engineering with three leading articles' authors, Sansoni and Docchio (2004), Besl (1990), and [35][36][37]. Clusters #4-#6 have the same number of authors-twenty-five-as a critical literature review, geometry parametrisation, and heritage place-data-driven conservation action with major citing articles by Barazzetti (2016), Safari et al (2013), and Bolognesi and Fiorillo (2023) [38][39][40]. The other groups, #7-#13, are working on the rectangular domain, 3D surface, a repair method of a point cloud with a big hole, direct boolean intersection, as-built modelling, nature-inspired optimisation approaches, and improvement in the 3D digitisation processa reverse engineering process again [37,[39][40][41][42][43][44].…”

“…Clusters #4-#6 have the same number of authors-twenty-five-as a critical literature review, geometry parametrisation, and heritage place-data-driven conservation action with major citing articles by Barazzetti (2016), Safari et al (2013), and Bolognesi and Fiorillo (2023) [38][39][40]. The other groups, #7-#13, are working on the rectangular domain, 3D surface, a repair method of a point cloud with a big hole, direct boolean intersection, as-built modelling, nature-inspired optimisation approaches, and improvement in the 3D digitisation processa reverse engineering process again [37,[39][40][41][42][43][44]. Results indicate three main thematic groups authors have gathered around: (1) historical or heritage modelling (archaeological heritagewooden ornamentation, heritage place, and reverse engineering), (2) technologies and processes dealing with geometry (geometry modelling, geometry parametrisation), and…”

“…Additionally, there is also a significant number of authors belonging to "a critical literature review" theme, pointing out that the field already reached mature status. rectangular domain, 3D surface, a repair method of a point cloud with a big hole, direct boolean intersection, as-built modelling, nature-inspired optimisation approaches, and improvement in the 3D digitisation process-a reverse engineering process again [37,[39][40][41][42][43][44]. Results indicate three main thematic groups authors have gathered around: (1) historical or heritage modelling (archaeological heritage-wooden ornamentation, heritage place, and reverse engineering), ( 2) technologies and processes dealing with geometry (geometry modelling, geometry parametrisation), and (3) the industry application of technologies (CNC machining, reverse engineering process; see [45,46]).…”

Enhanced Inclusion through Advanced Immersion in Cultural Heritage: A Holistic Framework in Virtual Museology

“…The embrace of technological innovations, from digitization to virtual reality (VR), adapted in dedicated frameworks, has changed the trajectory of the way the digital heritage landscape can be produced, interpreted, analyzed, preserved, and shared [1]. In this context, the cultural heritage sector envisages an evolution towards a more protected, inclusive, and long-lasting cultural content [2]. Furthermore, the digital transformation of cultural heritage has been significantly accelerated by interdisciplinary collaborations, resulting in increased reach and impact.…”

Evolution of Rendering Based on Radiance Fields. The Palermo Case Study for a Comparison Between Nerf and Gaussian Splatting

“…often could contribute to making the work more difficult. Innovation and research in documentation and digitalisation methodologies are therefore increasingly supportive and make processes more easier and efficient (Morena 2023;Bolognesi and Fiorillo 2023;Lin et al 2020). In recent times, in addition, the new frontier of applied artificial intelligence has influenced and changed the methodological approach in numerous fields, as well as in the field of architecture and its representation.…”