Objective The VENUS project aims to provide a virtual exploration of deep underwater archaeological sites. Virtual exploration of our underwater environment will permit both experts and the general public to study interesting archaeological sites in a safe, cost-effective and pedagogical environment.Precious underwater archaeological sites, for example shipwrecks, are continuously jeopardized by activities such as trawling that destroy the crucial surface layer of the site. The generation of a thorough and exhaustive 3D record of these wrecks consequently gains importance daily. These sites can never be experienced first hand by the majority of archaeologists or the general public: our project will provide a faithful accurate 3D immersive reconstruction of the site providing virtual access to all.Our project is composed of five objectives:Initially we will define a series of best practices and procedures for collecting and storing data in an efficient, economic and safe way from the underwater archaeological site.Our second objective will be to survey wrecks, even deep, using AUVs / ROVs (Autonomous Underwater /Remotely Operated Vehicles) and various techniques of data acquisition (sonar + photogrammetry).We will then provide archaeologists with software tools for signal, data and information processing and management. The generation of these tools is our third objective and will allow the extraction of digital models and management of confidence levels of the data collected from objective two.Our fourth objective is to generate virtual reality and augmented reality tools for the immersive interaction and visualization of the models created in objective three. These tools will provide archaeologists with an improved insight into the data and the general public with simulated dives to the site.Finally we will disseminate our results via a dedicated website and publications within the field of archaeology, sea exploration, photogrammetry and virtual reality. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationsvirtual realitynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata processing Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2005-2.5.10 - Access to and preservation of cultural and scientific resources Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE Address 3, rue michel-ange 75794 Paris cedex 16 France See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all COMPAGNIE MARITIME D'EXPERTISES France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 36 boulevard des oceans 13009 Marseille 9e See on map INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map Links Website Opens in new window LEOPOLD-FRANZENS-UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Christoph-probst-platz, innrain 52 6020 Innsbruck See on map MINISTERE DE LA CULTURE ET DE LA COMMUNICATION France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 3 rue de valois 75001 Paris cedex 01 See on map MINISTERIO DA CULTURA Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rua dom francisco manuel de melo, 15 1070-085 Lisboa See on map MINISTERO PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITA CULTURALI Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via del collegio romano 27 00186 Roma See on map UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via balbi 5 16126 Genova See on map UNIVERSITE D'EVRY-VAL D'ESSONNE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Boulevard francois mitterand 23 91025 Evry See on map UNIVERSITY OF HULL United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Cottingham road Hull See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF YORK United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Heslington hall York See on map Links Website Opens in new window
