Virtual Reality is gaining momentum and widespread popularity in the field of archaeology in order to support research, education, preservation and reconstruction of sites and objects of cultural, heritage and religious significance. The recent emergence of the Virtual Heritage Network has also promoted the use of VR and associated multimedia technologies in the field of natural and cultural he...

This paper surveys current notions of social and cultural presence as they may help the evaluation of cultural heritage projects. We argue that cultural heritage requires specialized evaluation, as key issues both connect and separate the aims of presence researchers and cultural heritage experts. To support this argument, three case studies of virtual heritage evaluations are summarized, and r...

Virtual heritage reconstructions usually focus on displaying architecture or artefacts, with virtual humans playing only minor roles. In the real world, however, such places are, or have been, populated. We introduce a virtual crowd into the real-time 3D reconstruction of a complex heritage edifice to increase the realism of the reconstructed scene. We create a virtual population of worshippers...

The Versilia plain (NW Italy) experiences forms of tourism that are mainly limited to the beach area and concentrated in summer season. is rich cultural natural heritage, not yet adequately enhanced. presence four local archaeological museums a park offers great opportunity favour feasible environmental tourism. aim this study use holistic methodology improve different type area. We propose con...

The breadth of biodiversity literature available through the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is potentially of great use to agricultural research. It provides access to literature drawn from across the world, and its archives document the Earth as it was one hundred years ago and more. However, this strength of BHL is also its weakness: the breadth of coverage of BHL can complicate finding ...

In this paper we will show our data description model conceived for avoiding the risk of realizing misleading Virtual Heritage (VH) reconstructions and for making accessible in a standardized way the background research material that lies under a "VR cultural product". The basic idea is to face the problem of the lack of standards for documenting sources in order to realize not only nice fast m...

Virtual heritage is a system to create visual representation of reconstruction the historical building and monument in the golden period. The Augmented Reality technology is used to add the user experiences where virtual objects are merge with the real environment. The significance of reconstruction of digital culture heritage are to preserve, protect and interpret of our cultural and history. ...