Type of document: Good practice example
Country of origin: Slovenia
Issuing body/Authors: TIC Moravske Toplice
CT: VR FOCUS: Non-formal education
Short description
Digitalization of Rotunda is part of the DIGIKUL project for TIC Moravske Toplice that included the digitization of five immovable cultural heritage properties for the archive of the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism. They performed a LiDAR capture of the exterior and interior of the Church of St. Nicholas in Selo, the so-called Rotunda.The 3D model is designed to display a final form for a specific tourist product. The model of the Rotunda was included in the archive of the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology’s digital collection of significant immovable cultural heritage and is available for use as AR in the DIGIKUL application.
Digitization is the process of transforming information from the physical world into the digital world, providing an excellent basis for the further implementation of digitized heritage for entertainment and educational experiences. The 13th century Romanesque Church of St. Nicholas certainly deserves it, as it is an outstanding monument of the round Romanesque architecture and Gothic frescoes. The brick building with its conical shingle roof and high-quality interior frescoes has been digitized using state-of-the-art methods. For this purpose, they first carried out a thorough study of the building and then, using a combination of 3D photogrammetry, laser scanning and drone imaging processes, they combined all the materials into a digital format using special software. They started the process with 3D digital scanning, which is always the first step and helps them get to a stage called the point cloud. A point cloud is a collection of points in space that are used to create a 3D model. The texture obtained by photogrammetry is then projected onto it and the final optimization is performed. The scanning was complemented by an SLR camera and a drone.
Elements of innovation:
The 3D model is designed to display a final form for a specific tourist product. The model of the Rotunda was included in the archive of the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology’s digital collection of significant immovable cultural heritage and is available for use as AR in the DIGIKUL application.
Target groups
- Anyone interested in VR/AR technologies
