An Augmented Reality Mobile App for Museums: Virtual Restoration of a Plate of Glass

Abate, Andrea F.; Barra, Silvio; Galeotafiore, Giuseppe; Díaz, Carmen; Aura, E.; Sánchez, Miguel; Mas, Xavier; Vendrell, Eduardo

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-01762-0_47

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“…In [81] fundamental elements for MR applications alongside examples are presented. Another recent example [82] presented two Mixed Reality Serious Games in VR and AR comparing the two technologies over their capabilities and design principles. Both applications showcased antiquities through interactive mini-games and a virtual/holographic tour of the archaeological site using Meta AR glasses.…”

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“…Both applications showcased antiquities through interactive mini-games and a virtual/holographic tour of the archaeological site using Meta AR glasses. Abate et al [82] successfully published an AR application for visualizing restored ancient artifacts based on an algorithm that addresses geometric constraints of fragments to rebuild the object from the available parts.…”

Section: Ar and Vr Presentationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Realistic Virtual Humans for Cultural Heritage Applications

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Virtual Humans are becoming a commodity in computing technology and lately have been utilized in the context of interactive presentations in Virtual Cultural Heritage environments and exhibitions. To this end, this research work underlines the importance of aligning and fine-tuning Virtual Humans’ appearance to their roles and highlights the importance of affective components. Building realistic Virtual Humans was traditionally a great challenge requiring a professional motion capturing studio and heavy resources in 3D animation and design. In this paper, a workflow for their implementation is presented, based on current technological trends in wearable mocap systems and advancements in software technology for their implementation, animation, and visualization. The workflow starts from motion recording and segmentation to avatar implementation, retargeting, animation, lip synchronization, face morphing, and integration to a virtual or physical environment. The testing of the workflow occurs in a use case for the Mastic Museum of Chios and the implementation is validated both in a 3D virtual environment accessed through Virtual Reality and on-site at the museum through an Augmented Reality application. The findings, support the initial hypothesis through a formative evaluation, and lessons learned are transformed into a set of guidelines to support the replication of this work.

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“…Generative models have been successfully used for image inpainting [35,36] or image reconstruction. A potential application of inpainting, i.e., filling the gaps in a given image, could be 2D or 3D restoration [37]. For instance, DAFNE (Digital Anastylosis of Frescoes challeNgE) dataset 7 [38] allows to design methods to aid conservators and restorers perform fresco reconstruction when pieces are missing, spurious or suffer erosion.…”

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Accessible Cultural Heritage through Explainable Artificial Intelligence

Díaz-Rodríguez

Pisoni

2020

Adjunct Publication of the 28th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization

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Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI advocate for AI technology that is, among other things, more inclusive. Explainable AI (XAI) aims at making state of the art opaque models more transparent, and defends AI-based outcomes endorsed with a rationale explanation, i.e., an explanation that has as target the non-technical users. XAI and Responsible AI principles defend the fact that the audience expertise should be included in the evaluation of explainable AI systems. However, AI has not yet reached all public and audiences, some of which may need it the most. One example of domain where accessibility has not much been influenced by the latest AI advances is cultural heritage. We propose including minorities as special user and evaluator of the latest XAI techniques. In order to define catalytic scenarios for collaboration and improved user experience, we pose some challenges and research questions yet to address by the latest AI models likely to be involved in such synergy.

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“…Both applications showcased the ancient palace of Knossos in Minoan Crete, Greece through interactive mini games and a virtual/holographic tour of the archeological site using Meta AR glasses. [1] successfully published an AR application for visualizing restored ancient artifacts based on algorithm that addresses geometric constraints of fragments to rebuild the object from the available parts.…”

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A True AR Authoring Tool for Interactive Virtual Museums

Geronikolakis

Zikas

Kateros

et al. 2020

Springer Series on Cultural Computing

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In this work, a new and innovative way of spatial computing that appeared recently in the bibliography called True Augmented Reality (AR), is employed in cultural heritage preservation. This innovation could be adapted by the Virtual Museums of the future to enhance the quality of experience. It emphasises, the fact that a visitor will not be able to tell, at a first glance, if the artefact that he/she is looking at is real or not and it is expected to draw the visitors' interest. True AR is not limited to artefacts but extends even to buildings or life-sized character simulations of statues. It provides the best visual quality possible so that the users will not be able to tell the real objects from the augmented ones. Such applications can be beneficial for future museums, as with True AR, 3D models of various exhibits, monuments, statues, characters and buildings can be reconstructed and presented to the visitors in a realistic and innovative way. We also propose our Virtual Reality Sample application, a True AR playground featuring basic components and tools for generating interactive Virtual Museum applications, alongside a 3D reconstructed character (the priest of Asinou church) facilitating the storyteller of the augmented experience.

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An Augmented Reality Mobile App for Museums: Virtual Restoration of a Plate of Glass

Cited by 11 publications

References 13 publications

Realistic Virtual Humans for Cultural Heritage Applications

Realistic Virtual Humans for Cultural Heritage Applications

Accessible Cultural Heritage through Explainable Artificial Intelligence

A True AR Authoring Tool for Interactive Virtual Museums

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