Author: konstantin

Google Tango AR at Queen’s House

Posted by | Jul 17, 2017 | |

Bringing the past to life: Google Tango AR at Queen’s House   Queen’s House is the first museum in the UK to use Google’s breakthrough augmented reality technology Tango and through hand held devices have created Spirited: A digital adventure. Here Advisor speaks with Dr Fabrice Jouvenot, Royal Museums Greenwich who will be giving a talk tomorrow (May 18) at the Museum’s + Heritage Show on this new way to engage visitors ahead of its official launch next month Link:...

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Case Studies

Posted by | Jun 12, 2017 | , |

TA1 Case Study 1 Saint Neophytos Enkleistriotis Case Study towards Holistic Digital Documentation  Cyprus University of Technology Abstract. The emergence of a holistic approach to monument documentation is inextricably associated with the term ‘monument’, the quest of its meaning and its interpretation to the people involved in the documenta-tion of the past. The main reason is the necessity to set tangible heritage in its wider context, and relate it with its physical environment and its intangible aspects (spiritual, political and social values) [1–3]. In this way, a monument can be seen as a whole, within a place with a soul – a genius loci [4]. This example focuses on the holistic approach taken to documentation activities St. Neophytos; a church with tremendous monumental interest both for its tangible and intangible aspects as well as the unique blending of natural and man-made environment. A full description is provided in [1]. View:  TA1 Case Study1 View: Video Keywords: holistic documentation, 3D model, Geometric documentation, Orthoimage, Structure from Motion, UAV TA3 Case Study 1 Bode 360° – A virtual tour of the Berlin Bode-Museum Gülcker, Wolfgang/ Hagedorn-Saupe, Monika (SPK)/ von Hagel, Frank (SPK)/ Rohde-Enslin Stefan (SPK)/ Peukert Arlene (SPK) This case study of excellence presents how museums, memorials, and cultural heritage institutions running on a limited budget can develop a virtual panoramic tour with basic functionalities like navigation, zooming, information hotspots, and...

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Working Group 7.1, Long-Term Life Cycle, Policy Making

Posted by | May 15, 2017 | |

Working Group 7.1,  Long-Term Life Cycle, Policy Making Scope and Objectives Sustainability of the content provided will go hand in hand with the further technological developments and their constant updates. This approach demands further investments and upkeep which must be manifested in the policy making in both a financial and an ideological sense. Topics: Policy -making Pathway, for the development of VMs Statistical evaluation of the platform and its content Cost efficiency in production pipelines of VMs Curatorial and scientific concept creation Outcome Results of the research about the potential of social media and crowdsourcing published on the VIMM-Platform will show the possibilities for disseminating and financing VMs. Analyze and monitor the attractiveness of existing content through statistic reports and direct feedback of visitors (replies, chats and public rating) Policy -making pathway for local, regional and European decision makers enhancing the development and expansion of virtual museums. Workflow optimization for the creation VMs to reduce costs and allow an effective curatorial and scientific concept creation. Working Group members: Florian Prix, CAT-X Conceptual Art Technologies Iris Ott, Museum of Natural History Vienna Marion Grossmann,   Archäologischer Park Carnuntum Joaquim Carvalho,  Fundacao Cidade de Ammaia Katharina Knoll,  Bogner -Knoll  ...

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