iblueCulture - An Innovative Underwater Cultural Heritage Real-Time Streaming System In A Virtual Reality Environment

Apostolos Vlachos, Stelios Krinidis, Kimon Papadimitriou, Aggelos Manglis, Anastasia Fourkiotou, Dimitrios Tzovaras
Abstract:
The rich and valuable Underwater Cultural Heritage present in the Mediterranean is often overlooked by most, due to the inherent difficulties in physical approach. The iblueCulture project was created to bridge that gap, by introducing a real texturing and streaming system. It captures real time video underwater and uses it to properly texture and represent the Underwater Cultural Heritage site and its immediate surroundings in a Virtual Reality environment. This system has been installed in some modern and ancient shipwrecks in the Greek archipelago, which can be viewed in situ. It can also be modified to work remotely, for example in museums or educational institutions. The system can help make such sites accessible and raise public awareness. It can potentially be used in any underwater site, both for presentation and education, as well as for monitoring and security.
Download:
IMEKO-MetroArchaeo-2023-166.pdf
DOI:
10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.166
Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC4
Event name:
TC4 MetroArchaeo 2023
Title:

IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Place:
Rome, ITALY
Time:
19 October 2023 - 21 October 2023