INTERACTIVE IMMERSIVE VIRTUALMUSEUM: DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION FOR VIRTUAL INTERACTION

Thanks to their playful and educational approach Virtual Museum systems are very effective for the communication of Cultural Heritage. Among the latest technologies Immersive Virtual Reality is probably the most appealing and potentially effective to serve this purpose; nevertheless, due to a poor user-system interaction, caused by an incomplete maturity of a specific technology for museum applications, it is still quite uncommon to find immersive installations in museums. This paper explore the possibilities offered by this technology and presents a workflow that, starting from digital documentation, makes possible an interaction with archaeological finds or any other cultural heritage inside different kinds of immersive virtual reality spaces. Two different cases studies are presented: the National Archaeological Museum of Marche in Ancona and the 3D reconstruction of the Roman Forum of Fanum Fortunae. Two different approaches not only conceptually but also in contents; while the Archaeological Museum is represented in the application simply using spherical panoramas to give the perception of the third dimension, the Roman Forum is a 3D model that allows visitors to move in the virtual space as in the real one. In both cases, the acquisition phase of the artefacts is central; artefacts are digitized with the photogrammetric technique Structure for Motion then they are integrated inside the immersive virtual space using a PC with a HTC Vive system that allows the user to interact with the 3D models turning the manipulation of objects into a fun and exciting experience. The challenge, taking advantage of the latest opportunities made available by photogrammetry and ICT, is to enrich visitors’ experience in Real Museum making possible the interaction with perishable, damaged or lost objects and the public access to inaccessible or no longer existing places promoting in this way the preservation of fragile sites.

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Immersive Virtual Reality Experience of Historical Events Using Haptics and Locomotion Simulation

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app112411613 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (24) ◽

pp. 11613

Author(s):

Agapi Chrysanthakopoulou ◽

Konstantinos Kalatzis ◽

Konstantinos Moustakas

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

3D Modeling ◽

3D Models ◽

Immersive Virtual Reality ◽

Historical Events ◽

Sense Of Presence ◽

3D Environment ◽

Visual Realism ◽

Initial Results

Virtual reality (VR) and 3D modeling technologies have become increasingly powerful tools for multiple fields, such as education, architecture, and cultural heritage. Museums are no longer places for only placing and exhibiting collections and artworks. They use such technologies to offer a new way of communicating art and history with their visitors. In this paper, we present the initial results of a proposed workflow towards highlighting and interpreting a historic event with the use of an immersive and interactive VR experience and the utilization of multiple senses of the user. Using a treadmill for navigating and haptic gloves for interacting with the environment, combined with the detailed 3D models, deepens the sense of immersion. The results of our study show that engaging multiple senses and visual manipulation in an immersive 3D environment can effectively enhance the perception of visual realism and evoke a stronger sense of presence, amplifying the educational and informative experience in a museum.

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SURG-03. IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONS IN NEUROSURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Neuro-Oncology ◽

10.1093/neuonc/noaa222.800 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (Supplement_3) ◽

pp. iii461-iii461

Author(s):

Andrea Carai ◽

Angela Mastronuzzi ◽

Giovanna Stefania Colafati ◽

Paul Voicu ◽

Nicola Onorini ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Real Time ◽

New Technologies ◽

Young Patients ◽

Spatial Relationship ◽

3D Models ◽

Immersive Virtual Reality ◽

Global Improvement ◽

3D Rendering ◽

Before And After

Abstract Tridimensional (3D) rendering of volumetric neuroimaging is increasingly been used to assist surgical management of brain tumors. New technologies allowing immersive virtual reality (VR) visualization of obtained models offer the opportunity to appreciate neuroanatomical details and spatial relationship between the tumor and normal neuroanatomical structures to a level never seen before. We present our preliminary experience with the Surgical Theatre, a commercially available 3D VR system, in 60 consecutive neurosurgical oncology cases. 3D models were developed from volumetric CT scans and MR standard and advanced sequences. The system allows the loading of 6 different layers at the same time, with the possibility to modulate opacity and threshold in real time. Use of the 3D VR was used during preoperative planning allowing a better definition of surgical strategy. A tailored craniotomy and brain dissection can be simulated in advanced and precisely performed in the OR, connecting the system to intraoperative neuronavigation. Smaller blood vessels are generally not included in the 3D rendering, however, real-time intraoperative threshold modulation of the 3D model assisted in their identification improving surgical confidence and safety during the procedure. VR was also used offline, both before and after surgery, in the setting of case discussion within the neurosurgical team and during MDT discussion. Finally, 3D VR was used during informed consent, improving communication with families and young patients. 3D VR allows to tailor surgical strategies to the single patient, contributing to procedural safety and efficacy and to the global improvement of neurosurgical oncology care.

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FROM ARCHIVE DOCUMENTATION TO ONLINE 3D MODEL VISUALIZATION OF NO LONGER EXISTING STRUCTURES: THE TURIN 1911 PROJECT

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-archives-xliii-b2-2020-837-2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol XLIII-B2-2020 ◽

pp. 837-844

Author(s):

D. Einaudi ◽

A. Spreafico ◽

F. Chiabrando ◽

C. Della Coletta

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

3D Model ◽

3D Models ◽

World's Fair ◽

Existing Structures ◽

Present Generation ◽

Technical Issues ◽

Digital Documentation ◽

3D Documentation ◽

Model Visualization

Abstract. Rebuilding the past of cultural heritage through digitization, archiving and visualization by means of digital technology is becoming an emerging issue to ensure the transmission of physical and digital documentation to future generations as evidence of culture, but also to enable present generation to enlarge, facilitate and cross relate data and information in new ways. In this global effort, the digital 3D documentation of no longer existing cultural heritage can be essential for the understanding of past events and nowadays, various digital techniques and tools are developing for multiple purposes.In the present research the entire workflow, starting from archive documentation collection and digitization to the 3D models metrically controlled creation and online sharing, is considered. The technical issues to obtain a detail 3D model are examined stressing limits and potentiality of 3D reconstruction of disappeared heritage and its visualization exploiting three complexes belonging to 1911 Turin World’s Fair.

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BIM Open Source Software (OSS) for the documentation of cultural heritage

Virtual Archaeology Review ◽

10.4995/var.2016.5864 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (15) ◽

pp. 28 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Sotiris Logothetis ◽

Efstratios Stylianidis

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Open Source ◽

Software Industry ◽

3D Models ◽

Design Data ◽

Industry Foundation Classes ◽

Digital Reconstruction ◽

Building Information ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Digital Documentation

The Building Information Modelling (BIM) software enables the users to communicate and design, understand appearance, performance and cost in the spatial and urban design process. Another important use of the BIM technology is the documentation and 3D reconstruction of cultural heritage monuments. The appropriate BIM software equips the users with tools to easily capture and analyse concepts and maintain the coordination of design data through documentation and 3D modelling. Many developments come up in the BIM field and software industry for design, construction-reconstruction, restoration and management of the cultural heritage 3D models, using BIM tools; mainly commercial as well as free or open source. Nevertheless, recently the growing popularity of open source has altered the landscape in software industry, as they attract many users.This paper presents a review of some recent research on the topic. We review the recent developments focusing on the OSS that can be used at various stages of BIM process in the digital documentation of cultural heritage. The results show that there is more preference in the commercial software due to the fact that the OSS is not yet complete and covers all stages of the BIM process. However, lately we have the Edificius in architectural BIM design and “BIM Vision” as Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) model viewer that try to attract as many users as possible. These tools are free and they could well be used for the digital reconstruction of cultural heritage.

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Remixing real and imaginary in art education with fully immersive virtual reality

International Journal of Education through Art ◽

10.1386/eta_00077_1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 415-431 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Martina Paatela-Nieminen

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Student Teachers ◽

Art Education ◽

Visual Art ◽

Real Life ◽

3D Models ◽

Immersive Virtual Reality ◽

3D Objects ◽

Teachers Experiences ◽

Digital Material

This article explores digital material/ism by examining student teachers’ experiences, processes and products with fully immersive virtual reality (VR) as part of visual art education. The students created and painted a virtual world, given the name Gretan puutarha (‘Greta’s Garden’), using the Google application Tilt Brush. They also applied photogrammetry techniques to scan 3D objects from the real world in order to create 3D models for their VR world. Additionally, they imported 2D photographs and drawings along with applied animated effects to construct their VR world digitally, thereby remixing elements from real life and fantasy. The students were asked open-ended questions to find out how they created art virtually and the results were analysed using Burdea’s VR concepts of immersion, interaction and imagination. Digital material was created intersubjectively and intermedially while it was also remixed with real and imaginary. Various webs of meanings were created, both intertextual and rhizomatic in nature.

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Using virtual 3D-models in surgical planning: workflow of an immersive virtual reality application in liver surgery

Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery ◽

10.1007/s00423-021-02127-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Christian Boedecker ◽

Florentine Huettl ◽

Patrick Saalfeld ◽

Markus Paschold ◽

Werner Kneist ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Liver Surgery ◽

Surgical Planning ◽

3D Models ◽

Immersive Virtual Reality ◽

Volume Data ◽

3D Reconstructions ◽

Surgery Planning ◽

3D Print ◽

System Usability Scale

Abstract Purpose Three-dimensional (3D) surgical planning is widely accepted in liver surgery. Currently, the 3D reconstructions are usually presented as 3D PDF data on regular monitors. 3D-printed liver models are sometimes used for education and planning. Methods We developed an immersive virtual reality (VR) application that enables the presentation of preoperative 3D models. The 3D reconstructions are exported as STL files and easily imported into the application, which creates the virtual model automatically. The presentation is possible in “OpenVR”-ready VR headsets. To interact with the 3D liver model, VR controllers are used. Scaling is possible, as well as changing the opacity from invisible over transparent to fully opaque. In addition, the surgeon can draw potential resection lines on the surface of the liver. All these functions can be used in a single or multi-user mode. Results Five highly experienced HPB surgeons of our department evaluated the VR application after using it for the very first time and considered it helpful according to the “System Usability Scale” (SUS) with a score of 76.6%. Especially with the subitem “necessary learning effort,” it was shown that the application is easy to use. Conclusion We introduce an immersive, interactive presentation of medical volume data for preoperative 3D liver surgery planning. The application is easy to use and may have advantages over 3D PDF and 3D print in preoperative liver surgery planning. Prospective trials are needed to evaluate the optimal presentation mode of 3D liver models.

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Using 3D/VR for Research and Cultural Heritage Preservation: Project Update on the Virtual Ganjali Khan Project

Preservation Digital Technology & Culture ◽

10.1515/pdtc-2020-0017 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 45-57

Author(s):

Khosrow Bozorgi ◽

Zack Lischer-Katz

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Interdisciplinary Research ◽

Immersive Virtual Reality ◽

Heritage Preservation ◽

Ongoing Research ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Research Initiative ◽

3D Processing ◽

Cultural Heritage Preservation

AbstractThis paper describes the Virtual Ganjali Khan Project, an ongoing research initiative that is using 3D scanning and immersive virtual reality (VR) technologies to document a large historical landmark in the desert city of Kerman, Iran, the Ganjali Khan Complex. It describes the intellectual merits of these emerging technologies for preserving and providing new forms of access to cultural heritage sites, outlines the procedures of data collection and 3D processing, and describes the current work and next steps of the project. This paper will be of interest to scholars and institutions considering using 3D and VR technologies for supporting cultural heritage preservation, digital humanities projects, or other types of interdisciplinary research.

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ROBOTICS AND VIRTUAL REALITY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE DIGITIZATION AND FRUITION

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-5-w1-503-2017 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol XLII-5/W1 ◽

pp. 503-508 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

D. Calisi ◽

F. Cottefoglie ◽

L. D&apos;Agostini ◽

F. Giannone ◽

F. Nenci ◽

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Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Virtual Reality ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

3D Models ◽

Robotic System ◽

Archaeological Sites ◽

Novel Approach ◽

Computer Scientists ◽

Visualization Techniques ◽

The Web

In this paper we present our novel approach for acquiring and managing digital models of archaeological sites, and the visualization techniques used to showcase them. In particular, we will demonstrate two technologies: our robotic system for digitization of archaeological sites (DigiRo) result of over three years of efforts by a group of cultural heritage experts, computer scientists and roboticists, and our cloud-based archaeological information system (ARIS). Finally we describe the viewers we developed to inspect and navigate the 3D models: a viewer for the web (ROVINA Web Viewer) and an immersive viewer for Virtual Reality (ROVINA VR Viewer).

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Principles for the design of a history and heritage game based on the evaluation of immersive virtual reality video games

E-Learning and Digital Media ◽

10.1177/2042753020980103 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 204275302098010

Author(s):

Alejandro Egea-Vivancos ◽

Laura Arias-Ferrer

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Secondary Education ◽

Video Games ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Civic Education ◽

Video Game ◽

Immersive Virtual Reality ◽

History Teaching ◽

Educational Aims

The extension of technology in current society has encouraged teachers to introduce products based on VR and IVR in their classrooms, especially video games. In this paper the specific role of video games in cultural heritage and history teaching is analyzed. Moreover, the results of recent research on the application of video games in Secondary Education is discussed. The results advocate taking into account principles such as Civic Education, Historical Relevance, Engagement, Applicability and Multimodality (what has been called the CREAM Model) in the design of a video game. These principles are especially important if the video game aims to introduce archaeological and/or historical contents into the classroom. This model has been implemented in the design of the IVR video game Carthago Nova, which is discussed as an exemplar of how the proposed principles can be engaged. The educational sequence, in which the video game is contextualized, reinforces its educational aims.

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