The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (May 2017)

ROBOTICS AND VIRTUAL REALITY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE DIGITIZATION AND FRUITION

  • D. Calisi,
  • F. Cottefoglie,
  • L. D'Agostini,
  • F. Giannone,
  • F. Nenci,
  • P. Salonia,
  • M. Zaratti,
  • V. A. Ziparo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-W1-503-2017
Journal volume & issue
Vol. XLII-5-W1
pp. 503 – 508

Abstract

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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).