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Articles | Volume XLII-5/W1
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-W1-503-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-W1-503-2017
16 May 2017
 | 16 May 2017

ROBOTICS AND VIRTUAL REALITY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE DIGITIZATION AND FRUITION

D. Calisi, F. Cottefoglie, L. D'Agostini, F. Giannone, F. Nenci, P. Salonia, M. Zaratti, and V. A. Ziparo

Keywords: Digitization, Robotics, Virtual Reality, Archaeological Data Management

Abstract. In this paper we present our novel approach for acquiring and managing digital models of archaeological sites, and the visualization techniques used to showcase them. In particular, we will demonstrate two technologies: our robotic system for digitization of archaeological sites (DigiRo) result of over three years of efforts by a group of cultural heritage experts, computer scientists and roboticists, and our cloud-based archaeological information system (ARIS). Finally we describe the viewers we developed to inspect and navigate the 3D models: a viewer for the web (ROVINA Web Viewer) and an immersive viewer for Virtual Reality (ROVINA VR Viewer).