Abstract :
The application has been developed within “Etruscanning” EU project (Culture 2007 framework), focused on the investigation of new digital visualization techniques and communicative formats to re-create, restore and present the original context of Etruscan tombs. The tomb n.5 on Monte Michele in Veii (Rome) have been studied with the purpose of creating a virtual environment that describes the archaeological stratigraphy and the excavation of the site and present it to museums general public. A new framework (MAVRA: Multi-Angle Virtual reality Application) has been developed. It is based on the use of parallel video tracks with different contents, real and virtual, but with a common storytelling and an identical camera animation, obtained through « camera tracking » techniques. Visitors can switch among the video tracks, have an enhanced experience of the context and interactively have access to « side stories » going deeper in the contents.

Project Authors :
Eva Pietroni, eva.pietroni@itabc.cnr.it
Wim Hupperetz, W.M.H.Hupperetz@uva.nl
Daniel Pletinckx, daniel.pletinckx@visualdimension.be
Claudio Rufa, claudio.rufa@evoca.org
Augusto Palombini, augusto.palombini@itabc.cnr.it
Massimiliano Forlani, massimiliano.forlani@evoca.org
Andrea Adami, andrea.adami@itabc.cnr.it
Eline Tavernier, eline.tavernier@visualdimension.be
Francesca Boitani, francesca.boitani@gmail.com
Iefke van Kampen, museo@comunediformello.it
Carlotta Capurro,carlotta.capurro@visualdimension.be

Institutions involved :
Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam University, NETHERLANDS, link
CNR ITABC, ITALY, link
Visual Dimension srl, BELGIUM, link
E.V.O.CA. srl, ITALY, link
Soprintendenza ai Beni Archeologici dell’Etruria Meridionale, ITALY, link
Museo dell’Agro Veientano, ITALY, link