Experiencing a town of the Middle Ages: An application for the edutainment in cultural heritage

The MediaEvo Project aims to develop a multichannel and multi-sensory platform for edutainment in cultural heritage for the realization of a digital didactic game oriented towards the knowledge of medieval history and society by means of the integration of human sciences and new data processing tech...

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Main Authors: De Paolis, L. T., Aloisio, G., Celentano, M. G., Oliva, L., Vecchio, P.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
3D Game
Computers
Cultural differences
Data models
Edutainment
Geology
Navigation
Virtual Cultural Heritage
Virtual Reality
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Summary:The MediaEvo Project aims to develop a multichannel and multi-sensory platform for edutainment in cultural heritage for the realization of a digital didactic game oriented towards the knowledge of medieval history and society by means of the integration of human sciences and new data processing technologies. During the project it has been possible to test the possible interactions between historical research, morphological inquiries, data management systems and the definition of a virtual immersive platform for playing and educating. The platform has also proved to be a means for validating hypotheses and findings formulated by researchers. This paper introduces the theoretical questions related to the educative use of Virtual Reality technology and describes the steps of the reconstruction of the town of Otranto in the Middle Ages: data collection and integration, organization of work, peripherals and software applications.
DOI:10.1109/ICCSN.2011.6013802