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EPOCH Network of Excellence, Italy: Technologies for the Public Understanding of the Past EPOCH's Contribution


TitleEPOCH Network of Excellence, Italy: Technologies for the Public Understanding of the Past EPOCH's Contribution
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsNiccolucci, F.
Secondary TitleDigital Culture and Heritage. Proceedings of ICHIM05.Paris
PublisherArchives & Museum Informatics Europe (AMIE)
Place PublishedParis, France
Keywordsaugmented reality, data capture, ichim, ichim05, multimodal interfaces, Standardization, virtual reality
Abstract

The paper presents the reasons, objectives and current activity of EPOCH, the European Network of Excellence on computer applications to material cultural heritage, now in its second year of existence. The project has developed a number of showcases for such applications, involving Data Standardization and Capture, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Multi-modal Interfaces and e- Tourism and is now undertaking the task of creating methodologies and carefully carved pieces of software to fill gaps in the production pipeline of cultural communication.

URLhttp://www.archimuse.com/publishing/ichim05/Niccolucci.pdf