2023-10-11 –, News Room
This session will show how the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona and the Giravolt program have scanned the Roman site of Centcelles combining different methods: a laser scanner has been used throughout the entire site to achieve the highest accuracy, drone flights were used for the roofs and high-resolution photogrammetry was used to obtain textures of the highest quality, especially in the Roman paintings and mosaics in the central dome.
The new historical and scientific research has been based on the new 2D plans extracted from the scans but also on the analysis of the 3D models, available online.
Using an optimised version of the 3D model, a first pilot experience of Virtual Reality has been created, which has been a success in all the tests conducted with different audiences, from teachers to cultural visitors or heritage professionals. They virtually ascend to the dome, 13 meters high, and see the mosaics face to face, with spectacular detail and realism. The museum is working to integrate this experience into the physical visit to the site and also to use it in classrooms of schools collaborating with the museum as part of a virtual reality educational kit.
Find out more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y42mTHAY0P8
Albert Sierra is the Head of New Technologies in the Cultural Heritage Agency of Catalonia. For the last 15 years he has worked in the intersections of storytelling, cultural heritage and technologies. He is one of the directors of the awarded mapping #taull1123 and coordinator of Ullastret 3D, an immersive experience and VR project. He now runs Giravolt, a program that aims to foster the use of 3D technologies in the cultural heritage sector in Catalonia.