Project Category: User Experience

Private foundations in digital heritage: the case of Mon Sant Benet (Sant Fruitos de Bages, Catalonia)

Private foundations in digital heritage: the case of Mon Sant Benet (Sant Fruitos de Bages, Catalonia)

Posted by | Oct 7, 2018 |

Abstract Sant Benet de Bages (Fig. 1) is a Romanesque monastery located in the village of Sant Fruitós de Bages, 60 km north of Barcelona in Catalonia. From 1998 to 2007, the Món Sant Benet project was designed, developed, and implemented by an interdisciplinary team lead by Caixa Manresa with the aim to become a tourist reference and to foster economic development in the central region of Catalonia. The visitor experience, very innovative at that time, consists of a series of guided tours adapted to different audiences, which presented the history of the monastery and of Catalonia through self-contained...

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The new permanent exhibition of the prehistory department of the Museum of Natural History in Vienna

The new permanent exhibition of the prehistory department of the Museum of Natural History in Vienna

Posted by | Sep 28, 2018 |

Abstract The permanent exhibition of the prehistory department of the Museum of natural history in Vienna has been completely renewed constituting a wide range of new approaches of didactics by making use of new technologies and concepts. 7 Reasons has been contracted to challenge the integration of new media solutions resulting in 26 diffferent setups for hardware, models and contents. Keywords: Virtual Museum, Virtuality in Museums, Museum, Augmented Reality, VR, AR, XR, Projections, Display, Virtual Reconstructions Virtual Museum, Virtuality in Museums, Museum, Augmented Reality, VR, AR, XR, Projections, Display, Virtual Reconstructions The new permanent exhibition of the prehistory department of...

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Hauger, Haller, Hav The permanent exhibition of the Midgard Viking Center in Borre, Norway

Hauger, Haller, Hav The permanent exhibition of the Midgard Viking Center in Borre, Norway

Posted by | Sep 27, 2018 |

Abstract 7Reasons together with the Ludwig Bolzmann Institute of Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology (LBI Arch Pro) has undertaken the production of the new permanent exhibition at Borre Historical Center and its Site which consisting of various Augmented Reality Stations, Large Scale Projections, and an Interactive Movie show as well as the necessary content production. Keywords Augmented Reality, Large Scale Projections, Replicas, 180° Projections, Virtual Environments Hauger, Haller, Hav The permanent exhibition of the Midgard Viking Center in Borre, Norway Vestfold hosts some of the most famous Viking Age sites like the well-known ship burials at Oseberg and Gokstad....

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An e-book as an Interactive Digital Heritage Experience

An e-book as an Interactive Digital Heritage Experience

Posted by | Sep 27, 2018 |

Abstract The potential to add digital content to text on a ‘piece of paper’ creates opportunities for visualisation and enrichment of written content, storytelling and the composition of interactive narratives which draw on a holistic approach to documentation of a cultural heritage monument or site. Data from this memory of the past can generate diverse forms of multimedia such as: 3D models, images, video, audio and text. Transparent complex data can be filtered, assembled and presented in a form visible to human eye, through an installation adapted and made functional for almost any group of users, becoming a personalized...

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Secrets of the Past: Dion

Secrets of the Past: Dion

Posted by | Sep 17, 2018 |

Abstract Secrets of the Past: Dion is a mobile and PC videogame for children that simulates the work of archaeologists in ancient Dion, a city with a thousand years of history situated at the foothills of Mount Olympus in Greece. The game also offers access to and a context for the view of high-quality 3D reproductions of ancient artefacts found in the city’s Villa of Dionysus. Keywords Video Games, Simulation, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Photogrammetry Become an archaeologist and lead an excavation at the ancient Greek city of Dion! Your goal is to unearth the treasures of the Villa of...

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