Making Visible the Invisible. Augmented Reality Visualization for 3D Reconstructions of Archaeological Sites

• Published in: Augmented and Virtual Reality pp. 25 - 37
• Main Authors: Pierdicca, Roberto, Frontoni, Emanuele, Zingaretti, Primo, Malinverni, Eva Savina, Colosi, Francesca, Orazi, Roberto
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: 3D Reconstruction; Archaeology; Augmented reality; Knowledge base; Survey; Visualization

In archaeology, findings are completely freed from the earth which had been covering for centuries but in most cases they must be covered again in order to protect them. In this paper we present a augmented reality (AR) experience for the visualization of 3D models in-situ, giving the possibility to...