A Preliminary Field Work on Digital Heritage and the Use of Virtual Reality for Cultural Heritage Management

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a multidisciplinary research project carried on during the Covid-19 Pandemic and supported by TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). The results are gathered from six months of field and office work, as the project was limited with this period. The archaeological site of Letoon in Muğla/Turkey has been chosen as the test area, specifically the triple temples of Leto, Apollo, and Artemis. Photogrammetric reconstruction of the current situation, as well as archaeologically accurate 3D models, have been created and converted into interactive immersive VR content to measure consumer behaviour and experience. These two different types of 3D content are integrated into the VR environment both separately and as a single content with switching from one to the other. After the creation process, the content was experienced by the visitors with different demographic characteristics and a survey was conducted to measure this experience.

A web scrapping and AI approach for archeologists to analyze the ancient cities

“…In parallel, many cultural heritage institutions (museums, archaeological sites, libraries, etc.) have made their collections available to visitors on the Internet [3]. Today, digital technologies provide an important input not only for the use of visitors but also for reconstruction and restoration processes [4][5][6].…”