Revixit Aquinum, an SDR project, among the winners of the DTC grants
On Tuesday 11 February Lazio Innova held the event "DTC Lazio: from enhancement to development. Results and new opportunities for the Cultural Heritage of Lazio" at the headquarters in via Marco Aurelio, with the presence of Dario Franceschini (Minister for Cultural Heritage and Activities and for Tourism), Gaetano Manfredi (Minister of University and Research) and Nicola Zingaretti (President of the Lazio Region), among many others.
The Revixit Aquinum project, developed with Sapienza Design Research, is one of the winners of the DTC tender “Research and Development of Technologies for the Enhancement of Cultural Heritage”. The video presentation of the announcement dedicated a section to some of the innovative technologies already put into practice at the archaeological site of Aquinum.
The Revixit Aquinum project aims to enhance the archaeological heritage of the Roman city of Aquinum, in the Castrocielo area, as well as the historically connected castle of “Castrum Coeli” through ICT (Information and Communications Technology) tools. In order to enhance the assets involved, it is hypothesized that a broad intervention of communication and technological spectacularization can exponentially increase the reputation of the archaeological site of the ancient Aquinum, making it one of the most important archaeological attractions of Lower Lazio. As a principle of intervention, the widespread diffusion of devices / installations that follow the principles of Virtual / Augmented Reality is proposed, enriching the views with storytelling and gamification, so as to be partially usable also on the visitors' own devices, to promote their diffusion (and marketing) on social media. The proposed intervention will lead to a more complete use not only of the archaeological area of the Central Baths, but also of the entire site of the ancient Aquinum, allowing you to admire and enhance the many and often imposing monumental remains that characterize the landscape in the 'surrounding area. The visitor, to complete his tour, can also reach Colle San Magno on foot, along the road on the side of the Asprano to the summit, 6 km away, just like the ancient inhabitants of the Roman city did. The project is scalable, that is, it provides for the development of technological solutions that can be used across the board to enhance all the assets involved, taking into account the future replicability in other places of culture in the Liri Valley, with the hope of a future extension of the collaboration network.
The works will begin soon in collaboration between Sapienza Design Research, the LabTaf of the University of Salento and ARS srls.
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