Expanding the Research and Innovation Capacity in Cultural Heritage Virtual Reality Applications

Project Information

eHERITAGE

Grant agreement ID: 692103

DOI 10.3030/692103

Project closed

EC signature date 28 October 2015

Start date 1 November 2015

End date 31 October 2018

Funded under

• Twinning of research institutions

Total cost € 975 625,00

EU contribution € 975 625,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA DIN BRASOV
Romania

Deliverables

Documents, reports (3)

Project handbook

This deliverable will include quality procedures to be followed with the project processes, templates for various purposes as well as a risk management analysis and mitigation plans.

Kick-off meeting presentation

The presentations held within the KoM.

Reporting statement

A one-page statement of the submission (in the reporting tool on the Participant Portal) of all publications (in the virtual heritage field of research) during the three years preceding the start date of the project.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Towards dedicated software tools to assist the creation of Virtual Exhibits

Author(s): Galdieri, Riccardo; Carrozzino, Marcello
Published in: SCIRES-IT - SCIentific RESearch and Information Technology; Volume 7, Issue 1 (2017); 17-28, Issue 1, 2017, Page(s) 17-28, ISSN 2239-4303
Publisher: CASPUR-CIBER Publishing
DOI: 10.2423/i22394303v7n1p17

Digital color restoration for the preservation of reversal film heritage

Author(s): Octavian-Mihai Machidon, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: Journal of Cultural Heritage, Issue 33, 2018, Page(s) 181-190, ISSN 1296-2074
Publisher: Elsevier Masson
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2018.01.021

Virtual humans in cultural heritage ICT applications: A review

Author(s): Octavian M. Machidon, Mihai Duguleana, Marcello Carrozzino
Published in: Journal of Cultural Heritage, Issue 33, 2018, Page(s) 249-260, ISSN 1296-2074
Publisher: Elsevier Masson
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2018.01.007

Surrogate-agent modeling for improved training

Author(s): Ales Tavcar, Matjaz Gams
Published in: Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Issue 74, 2018, Page(s) 280-293, ISSN 0952-1976
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2018.07.001

An interactive haptic system for experiencing traditional archery

Author(s): Silviu Butnariu, Mihai Duguleană, Raffaello Brondi, Florin Gîrbacia, Cristian Postelnicu and Marcello Carrozzino
Published in: Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Journal of Applied Science, Issue Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Journal of Applied Science, 2018, ISSN 1785-8860
Publisher: Obuda University

Virtual Assistant Platform

Author(s): Damjan Kužnar, Aleš Tavčar, Jernej Zupančič, Mihai Duguleana
Published in: INFORMATICA-JOURNAL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS, Issue Volume: 40 Issue: 3, 2016, Page(s) 285-290, ISSN 0350-5596
Publisher: Slovensko Drustvo Informatika

Recommender System for Virtual Assistant Supported Museum Tours

Author(s): Aleš Tavčar, Antonya Csaba, Eugen Valentin Butila
Published in: INFORMATICA-JOURNAL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS, Issue Volume: 40 Issue: 3, 2016, Page(s) 279-284, ISSN 0350-5596
Publisher: Slovensko Drustvo Informatika

Using a Natural User Interface to Enhance the Ability to Interact with Reconstructed Virtual Heritage Environments

Author(s): Silviu Butnariu, Alexandru Georgescu, Florin Gîrbacia
Published in: INFORMATICA-JOURNAL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS, Issue Volume: 40 Issue: 3, 2016, Page(s) 291-302, ISSN 0350-5596
Publisher: Slovensko Drustvo Informatika

An Interactive Digital Storytelling approach to explore books in Virtual Environments

Author(s): Cristian Lorenzini, Chiara Evangelista, Marcello Carrozzino, Cristian Postelnicu, Maurizio Maltese
Published in: INFORMATICA-JOURNAL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS, Issue Volume: 40 Issue: 3, 2016, Page(s) 317-322, ISSN 0350-5596
Publisher: Slovensko Drustvo Informatika

Conference proceedings (27)

Comparing Different Storytelling Approaches for Virtual Guides in Digital Immersive Museums

Author(s): Marcello Carrozzino, Marianna Colombo, Franco Tecchia, Chiara Evangelista, Massimo Bergamasco
Published in: AVR 2018: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, Issue AVR 2018: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, 2018, Page(s) 292-302, ISBN 978-3-319-95281-9
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95282-6_22

Automatic creation of a virtual/augmented gallery based on user defined queries on online public repositories

Author(s): Michele Mallia, Marcello Carrozzino, Chiara Evangelista and Massimo Bergamasco
Published in: Proceeding of VRTCH’18, Issue Proceeding of VRTCH’18, 2018
Publisher: Springer

Natural interaction in virtual reality for cultural heritage

Author(s): Riccardo Galdieri and Marcello Carrozzino
Published in: Proceeding of VRTCH’18, Issue Proceeding of VRTCH’18, 2018
Publisher: Springer

Virtual assistants for the cultural heritage domain

Author(s): Aleš Tavčar, Jernej Zupančič and Matjaž Gams
Published in: Proceeding of VRTCH’18, Issue Proceeding of VRTCH’18, 2018
Publisher: Springer

A Virtual Travel in Leonardo’s Codex of Flight

Author(s): Marcello Carrozzino, Chiara Evangelista, Claudia Faita, Mihai Duguleana, Massimo Bergamasco
Published in: AVR 2017: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, Issue AVR 2017: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, 2017, Page(s) 310-318, ISBN 978-3-319-60927-0
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60928-7_27

Exploring European cultural heritage using conversational agents

Author(s): Octavian-Mihai Machidon and Ales Tavcar
Published in: Proceeding of VRTCH’18, Issue Proceeding of VRTCH’18, 2018
Publisher: Springer

Evaluation of using Mobile Devices for 3D Reconstruction in Cultural Heritage

Author(s): Florin Stelian Girbacia, Razvan Gabriel Boboc and Cristian Cezar Postelnicu
Published in: Proceeding of VRTCH’18, Issue Proceeding of VRTCH’18, 2018
Publisher: Springer

Exploring cultural heritage using Augmented Reality through Google’s Project Tango and ARCore

Author(s): Gheorghe-Daniel Voinea, Florin Girbacia and Cristian Cezar Postelnicu
Published in: Proceeding of VRTCH’18, Issue Proceeding of VRTCH’18, 2018
Publisher: Springer

Towards preserving Transylvanian fortified churches

Author(s): Mihai Duguleana and Cristian Postelnicu
Published in: Proceeding of VRTCH’18, Issue Proceeding of VRTCH’18, 2018
Publisher: Springer

A handheld Augmented Reality to revive a demolished Reformed Church from Brașov

Author(s): Răzvan Gabriel Boboc, Florin Gîrbacia, Mihai Duguleană and Aleš Tavčar
Published in: 19th ACM VRIC (Virtual Reality International Conference), Issue Laval Virtual 2017, 2017
Publisher: ACM

Enhancing the Experience of Visiting Outdoor Heritage Sites Using Handheld AR

Author(s): Mihai Duguleana, Gheorghe Daniel Voinea
Published in: HCI 2018: HCI International 2018 – Posters' Extended Abstracts, Issue HCI 2018: HCI International 2018 – Posters' Extended Abstracts, 2018, Page(s) 184-191, ISBN 978-3-319-92284-3
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92285-0_26

A web framework for the creation of virtual assistants for municipalities

Author(s): Aleš Tavcar, Damjan Kužnar, Csaba Antonya, Matjaz Gams
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016, Issue Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016. Volume F. Workshop e-Heritage, 2016, Page(s) 37-39, ISBN 978-961-264-102-3
Publisher: Institut Jožef Stefan

Providing recommedations for virtual museum tours using intelligent assistants

Author(s): Aleš Tavcar, Csaba Antonya, Eugen Butila, Matjaž Gams
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016, Issue Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016. Volume F. Workshop e-Heritage, 2016, Page(s) 24-26, ISBN 978-961-264-102-3
Publisher: Institut Jožef Stefan

Cloud-based development of a natural language conversational virtual agent for cultural heritage applications

Author(s): Octavian-Mihai Machidon, Raffaello Brondi, Mihai Duguleana
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016, Issue Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016. Volume F. Workshop e-Heritage, 2016, Page(s) 12-15, ISBN 978-961-264-102-3
Publisher: Institut Jožef Stefan

Reviving the memory of demolished buildings using Augmented Reality

Author(s): Razvan Gabriel Boboc, Florin Gîrbacia, Aleš Tavcar, Eugen Butila
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016., Issue Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016. Volume F. Workshop e-Heritage, 2016, Page(s) 5-8, ISBN 978-961-264-102-3
Publisher: Institut Jožef Stefan

Books in VR: narrating fables with an Interactive Digital Storytelling approach

Author(s): Cristian Lorenzini, Marcello Carrozzino, Chiara Evangelista, Maurizio Maltese
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016., Issue Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016. Volume F. Workshop e-Heritage, 2016, Page(s) pp. 9-11, ISBN 978-961-264-102-3
Publisher: Institut Jožef Stefan

Computer-generated knowledge base for virtual assistants

Author(s): Aleš Tavcar, Csaba Antonya, Razvan Gabriel Boboc, Leon Noe Jovan, Matjaž Gams
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016, Issue Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016. Volume F. Workshop e-Heritage, 2016, Page(s) 31-32, ISBN 978-961-264-102-3
Publisher: Institut Jožef Stefan

A MOBILE APPLICATION FOR DISCOVERING BRASOV MONUMENTS USING AUGMENTED REALITY

Author(s): Florin GIRBACIA , Mihai DUGULEANA, Cristian POSTELNICU, Teodora GIRBACIA, Daniel VOINEA
Published in: Proceedings of ARTE 2016, Issue Augmented Reality for technical entrepreneurs International Conference (ARTE 2016), 2016, Page(s) 23-26, ISBN 978-606-23-0563-5
Publisher: Printech

Interactive VR for the dissemination of local heritage in schools

Author(s): Marcello Carrozzino, Chiara Evangelista, Riccardo Galdieri
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016, Issue Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016. Volume F. Workshop e-Heritage, 2016, Page(s) 20-23, ISBN 978-961-264-102-3
Publisher: Institut Jožef Stefan

Investigating the process of Emotion Recognition in Immersive and Non-Immersive Virtual Technological Setup

Author(s): Claudia Faita; Federico Vanni; Emanuele Ruffaldi; Marcello Carrozzino; Camilla Tanca; Massimo Bergamasco
Published in: Proceeding VRST '16 Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, Issue Proceeding VRST '16 Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, 2016, Page(s) 61-64, ISBN 978-1-4503-4491-3
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/2993369.2993395

Using a Natural User Interface to Enhance the Ability to Interact with Reconstructed Virtual Heritage Environments.

Author(s): Silviu Butnariu, Alexandru Constantin Georgescu, Florin Gîrbacia
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016, Issue Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016. Volume F. Workshop e-Heritage, 2016, Page(s) 27-30, ISBN 978-961-264-102-3
Publisher: Institut Jožef Stefan

Time-Travelling with Mobile Augmented Reality: A Case Study on the Piazza dei Miracoli

Author(s): Mihai Duguleana, Raffaello Brodi, Florin Girbacia, Cristian Postelnicu, Octavian Machidon, Marcello Carrozzino
Published in: Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection, Issue 6th International Conference, EuroMed 2016, Nicosia, Cyprus, October 31 – November 5, 2016, Proceedings, Part I, 2016, Page(s) pp 902-912, ISBN 978-3-319-48495-2
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48496-9_73

Haptic Interface Design for Experiencing Ancient Works

Author(s): Csaba Antonya, Silviu Butnariu, Matjaz Gams
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016, Issue Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016. Volume F. Workshop e-Heritage, 2016, Page(s) 16-19, ISBN 978-961-264-102-3
Publisher: Institut Jožef Stefan

Using Mixed Reality and Natural interaction in Cultural Heritage Applications

Author(s): Raffaello Brondi, Marcello Carrozzino, Cristian Lorenzini, Franco Tecchia
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016, Issue Proceedings of the 19th International Multiconference. INFORMATION SOCIETY – IS 2016. Volume F. Workshop e-Heritage, 2016, Page(s) 33-36, ISBN 978-961-264-102-3
Publisher: Institut Jožef Stefan

Exploring Pisa Monuments Using Mobile Augmented Reality

Author(s): Mihai Duguleana, Florin Girbacia, Cristian Postelnicu, Raffaello Brodi, Marcello Carrozzino
Published in: Proceedings of ICDH 2016, Issue World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Computer, Electrical, Automation, Control and Information Engineering Vol:10, No:11, 2016, 2016, Page(s) 1838 - 1841
Publisher: Waset

3D Reconstruction as a Service – Applications in Virtual Cultural Heritage

Author(s): Octavian-Mihai Machidon, Cristian-Cezar Postelnicu, Florin-Stelian Girbacia
Published in: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, Issue Third International Conference, AVR 2016, Lecce, Italy, June 15-18, 2016. Proceedings, Part II, 2016, Page(s) pp 261-268, ISBN 978-3-319-40650-3
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40651-0_21

An Immersive VR Experience to Learn the Craft of Printmaking

Author(s): Marcello Carrozzino, Cristian Lorenzini, Mihai Duguleana,Chiara Evangelista, Raffaello Brondi, Franco Tecchia, Massimo Bergamasco
Published in: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, Issue Third International Conference, AVR 2016, Lecce, Italy, June 15-18, 2016. Proceedings, Part II, 2016, Page(s) pp 378-389, ISBN 978-3-319-40650-3
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40651-0_30

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Studio, implementazione e confronto di percorsi di storytelling per la comunicazione museale in ambienti virtuali

Author(s): Marianna Colombo
Published in: 2018
Publisher: Informatica Umanistica