Integration of virtual reality and database systems for cultural heritage dissemination

Bertino, Elisa; Franzoni, Stefano; Mazzoleni, Pietro; Mussio, Piero; Valtolina, Stefano

doi:10.1504/ijcse.2006.014775

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“…Consulting the data associated with a virtual reality database is not a new objective (Bertino, 2006), particularly in the field of heritage. This objective raises two main problems: how to formulate a query to the database and how to display the results.…”

Section: Interfacementioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual reality as a versatile tool for research, dissemination and mediation in the humanities

François

Leichman

Laroche

et al. 2021

Virtual archaeol. rev.

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The VESPACE project aims to revive an evening of theatre at the Foire Saint-Germain in Paris in the 18th century, by recreating spaces, atmospheres and theatrical entertainment in virtual reality. The venues of this fair have disappeared without leaving any archaeological traces, so their digital reconstruction requires the use of many different sources, including the expertise of historians, historians of theatre and literature. In this article, we present how we have used video game creation tools to enable the use of virtual reality in three key stages of research in the human sciences and particularly in history or archaeology: preliminary research, scientific dissemination and mediation with the general public. In particular, we detail the methodology used to design a three-dimensional (3D) model that is suitable for both research and virtual reality visualization, meets the standards of scientific work regarding precision and accuracy, and the requirements of a real-time display. This model becomes an environment in which experts can be immersed within their fields of research and expertise, and thus extract knowledge reinforcing the model created –through comments, serendipity and new perspectives– while enabling a multidisciplinary workflow. We also present our tool for annotating and consulting sources, relationships and hypotheses in immersion, called PROUVÉ. This tool is designed to make the virtual reality experience go beyond a simple image and to convey scientific information and theories in the same way an article or a monograph does. Finally, this article offers preliminary feedback on the use of our solutions with three target audiences: the researchers from our team, the broader theatre expert community and the general public.Highlights:• Immersive Virtual Reality is used to enhance the digital reconstruction of an 18th-century theatre, by allowing experts to dive into their research topic.• Virtual Reality (VR) can also be used to disseminate the digital model through the scientific community and beyond while giving access to all kinds of sources that were used to build it.• A quick survey shows that VR is a powerful tool to share theories and interpretations related to archaeological or historical tri-dimensional data.

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Section: Interfacementioning

confidence: 99%