The Future of our Past:ICT supports

cultural heritage understanding

Ir. Daniël Pletinckx

Visual Dimension bvba

Ename, België

Overview• Company background• EPOCH tools for cultural heritage• Concept of “Future of our Past”• 3D digitisation and digital restoration• Interactive objects• Augmented reality in your pocket• Serious gaming to understand archaeology• Integration aspects

Visual Dimension• Digitisation

– existing heritage objects (EPOCH Tools)– virtual heritage objects (London Charter)– documentation of heritage objects

• TimeFrames– Open interactive multimedia systems

• Training• Consultancy

– use of ICT in cultural heritage and tourism

EPOCH• Network of Excellence, IST, 6FP

– 2004 - 2008– 100 partners– 8 mio euro– network and results remain

• Integration activities– EPOCH Tools– Expertise centres– Knowhow books (CD)– Social-economic impact model

Future of our Past• in the Allard Pierson museum

(University of Amsterdam - mediterranean archaeology)

• Jubileum exhibition (75 years)– Past– Present– Future

• ‘Room of the Future’ shows new technologies for heritage exploration– Interactive heritage objects– Interactive storytelling– Augmented reality– Mobile technology– Serious gaming - avatars and virtual reconstruction

Image based digitisation• ARC3D + MeshLab (EPOCH)

– Automatic photogrammetry– Webservice – Integrated tools– Knowhow book– www.arc3D.be

Pharao head

Pharao head photography

Pharao head processed

Pharao head reconstructed

Potential forms of the statue

Pharao head storytelling• Interactive storytelling system

– Story of the two parts– Found at Temple of Karnak– Currently in the museum of Luxor– Digitisation of the object– Possible forms of the statue

• Digital restoration– Interactive object– Different phases of restoration process

Greek vase

Greek vase (3D display)• Story of Olympic Games

• Story of depiction of movement

Augmented Reality

Rome,Forum Romanum, 1855, glass negative

Augmented Reality

Forum Romanum, 320 AD, Rome Reborn 2.0

Rome Reborn 2.0

Forum Romanum, 320 AD, Rome Reborn 2.0Integrated in Google Earth

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality

Archaeology (Villa di Livia)

Archaeology (Villa di Livia)

Archaeology (Villa di Livia)

Archaeology (Villa di Livia)

Archaeology (Villa di Livia)

Integration aspects• Appropriate CH technology helps to explore a

world of information that surrounds the object and that has many links to the world of today

• Exploration stimulates to raise questions and creates a physiological bond (pull vs. push)

• CH technology helps to grasp the concept of time and evolution of civilisation

• CH technology for education talks the language of youngsters: images, mobile technology, gaming technology

Future for our Past• Allard Pierson Museum, Oude Turfmarkt 127,

Amsterdam• April 8 2009 - January 2010• www.allardpiersonmuseum.nl

Thanks !

daniel.pletinckx@visualdimension.be+32 55 30 31 00