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ETRUSCANNING 3D

ETRUSCANNING 3D

The virtual reality installation Etruscanning has been realized to be a part of the double exhibition dedicated to Etruscan civilisation “Richness and Religion at the Etruscans" held in Amsterdam and Leiden. The application is dedicated to the digital reconstruction of the famous Regolini Galassi Etruscan tomb in Cerveteri, discovered intact in 1836.  The extraordinary objects of this tomb - today preserved at the Etruscan-Gregorian section of the Vatican Museums - have been digitally restored and re-contextualized. The tomb, acquired by laser scanner, has been reconstructed as it probably was in Etruscan age (mid 7th century BC), just after being closed. The most innovative element of the application is the interaction based on natural interfaces, which means that the user can walk around inside the virtual 3D space  just by walking around in the real space.  The museum visitors have the possibility to explore the virtual tomb, to see the digitally restored artifacts in close-up,  to listen to stories told by the prestigious Etruscan characters who were buried inside and to which these precious objects were dedicated.  All this is possible by walking on a map of the tomb on the floor, on which some “hotspots” are indicated. While changing position from one hotspot to another, the museum visitor moves in the virtual space, making the objects in the tomb come alive and trigger stories that are linked to the objects.  The application is the first result of a two-year multidisciplinary project Etruscanning 3D that continues to develop this natural interface for museum installations  and to demonstrate the power of digital museum objects. The project “Etruscanning 3D” is a European project (Framework Culture 2007) developed by:  Allard Pierson Museum (University of Amsterdam); CNR-ITABC (Rome); Visual Dimension (Ename, Belgium); National Museum for Antiquities (Leiden, Netherlands); Gallo-Roman Museum (Tongeren, Belgium); Musei Vaticani (Vatican); Soprintendenza per l'Etruria Meridionale (Rome); CNR-ISCIMA (Rome). 

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A virtual visit through a digitally reconstructed Etruscan Tomb.
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European Union Seventh Framework

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7 2007/2013) under the Grant Agreement 270404.