3D Virtual Dig: a 3D Application for Teaching Fieldwork in Archaeology

Franco, Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di; Galeazzi, Fabrizio; Camporesi, Carlo

doi:10.11141/ia.32.4

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“…As a result, the technology enhances one's current perception of reality. The effects of immersive virtual reality on scientific visualization, data analysis, and in human interaction tasks have been studied extensively (for an example of these effects in the domain of archaeology see Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco, Galeazzi, and Camporesi, 2012). Depth perception in VR has been demonstrated to reduce errors and time, to improve user performance in spatial tasks (Ragan, Kopper, Schuchardt, & Bowman, 2013;Ware & Mitchell, 2005), as well as to improve object manipulation (Lin, Sun, Chen, & Cheng, 2009;Ware & Balakrishnan, 1994).…”

Section: The Use Of Technologies For Improving the Museum Experience:mentioning

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3D Printing and Immersive Visualization for Improved Perception of Ancient Artifacts

Franco

Camporesi

Galeazzi³

et al. 2015

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

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This article investigates the use of 3D immersive virtual environments and 3D prints for interaction with past material culture over traditional observation without manipulation. Our work is motivated by studies in heritage, museum, and cognitive sciences indicating the importance of object manipulation for understanding present and ancient artifacts. While virtual immersive environments and 3D prints have started to be incorporated in heritage research and museum displays as a way to provide improved manipulation experiences, little is known about how these new technologies affect the perception of our past. This article provides first results obtained with three experiments designed to investigate the benefits and tradeoffs in using these technologies. Our results indicate that traditional museum displays limit the experience with past material culture, and reveal how our sample of participants favor tactile and immersive 3D virtual experiences with artifacts over visual non-manipulative experiences with authentic objects.

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Section: The Use Of Technologies For Improving the Museum Experience:mentioning

confidence: 99%

3D Printing and Immersive Visualization for Improved Perception of Ancient Artifacts

Franco

Camporesi

Galeazzi³

et al. 2015

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

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“…The inquiry process places emphasis on students' own decision making; for example, VR allows for repetition (revisiting a location, or doing an activity more than once). This kind of repetition also expands students' learning opportunities beyond the regular class schedule and spaces, with proven benefits for the learning experience [15,16,24,25]. Finally, VR encourages active participation and a user-centred approach [26] (p. 37), which is also enhanced by the inquiry approach, suggesting that VR and historical inquiry can be naturally combined to increase critical engagement with history and heritage.…”

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Ksar Said: Building Tunisian Young People’s Critical Engagement with Their Heritage

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This paper describes the work undertaken as part of the ‘Digital Documentation of Ksar Said’ Project. This project, funded by the British Council, combined education, history, and heritage for the digital preservation of tangible and intangible aspects of heritage associated with the 19th century Said Palace (Ksar Said) in Tunis. We produced an interactive 3D model of Ksar Said and developed learning resources to build Tunisian students’ critical engagement with their heritage through inquiry learning activities within the 3D model. We used a user-centred approach, based on pre-assessment (i.e., co-creation of contents), mid-term evaluation (i.e., feedback on contents and preliminary design of virtual activities), and post-assessment design (i.e., user trial). Our results demonstrate the potential of this novel approach to virtual learning and inform future co-design, evaluation and implementation choices for improving the generative power of three dimensional virtual replication of heritage sites in the cultural heritage sector.

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“…Scanned images can also be used to reconstruct areas of objects that are structurally incomplete or damaged (Hermon et al2012). Educational research suggests that digital representations are also effective means by which to introduce aspects of material culture study to large numbers of students, when they cannot access collections of original objects (Doonan and Boyd 2008), but also to introduce methods of the archaeological fieldwork (Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco et al 2012).…”

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Comparing 2D pictures with 3D replicas for the digital preservation and analysis of tangible heritage

Galeazzi

Franco

Matthews

2015

Museum Management and Curatorship

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In this paper, we present two experiments designed to compare 2D digital pictures and 3D digital replicas of artefacts, to understand how differently these media facilitate the perception and understanding of our past. Archaeologists and museum experts have commonly used 2D digital pictures to preserve and study artefacts. Recently these scholars have also started to use 3D digital archives for their studies. Yet we still need to determine how these two formats (2D vs 3D) affect the perception of our past. Results to our experiments point to 3D digital replicas of artifacts as more effective means to digitally preserve tangible cultural heritage, since 3D multi-visualization augments the perception of physical characteristics of the artifacts allowing a more embodied experience with these objects. Our experiments also suggest that multi-visualization (i.e., point-cloud, mesh, and color information) helps the viewers to overcome their personal conceptualization of specific objects.

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3D Virtual Dig: a 3D Application for Teaching Fieldwork in Archaeology

Cited by 4 publications

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3D Printing and Immersive Visualization for Improved Perception of Ancient Artifacts

3D Printing and Immersive Visualization for Improved Perception of Ancient Artifacts

Ksar Said: Building Tunisian Young People’s Critical Engagement with Their Heritage

Comparing 2D pictures with 3D replicas for the digital preservation and analysis of tangible heritage

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