The virtual journey through history: from projects to building phases of one of the most famous baroque Royal Palace in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Elena Biondi; Alessandro Bovero

doi:10.4995/var.2013.4333

Authors

Elena Biondi Fondazione Centro Conservazione Restauro “La Venaria Reale”
Alessandro Bovero Fondazione Centro Conservazione Restauro “La Venaria Reale”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2013.4333

Keywords:

3D reconstruction, 3D modeling, Archeology, Virtual reality

Abstract

In this paper we present an experience designed to introduce virtual reality and computer graphic modeling as representing tools in all phases of interpretation, analysis, reconstruction and communication of archaeological and historical researches on Venaria Reale Complex. Ten three-dimensional CG reconstructions represent exterior shapes of the Complex corresponding its five major building phases: the relationship between the old town centre, the Royal Complex and its Gardens has been consistently the result of an unified vision. The virtual pass into the history of that site since seventeenth century to the present has been realized with careful virtual camera flight through 3D reconstructions. The main purpose for the final video was to highlight the most significant elements that mark urban and architectural evolutions.

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Author Biographies

Elena Biondi, Fondazione Centro Conservazione Restauro “La Venaria Reale”

Laboratory of Imaging, 3D and Multimedia, Fondazione Centro Conservazione Restauro
“La Venaria Reale”, Italy

Alessandro Bovero, Fondazione Centro Conservazione Restauro “La Venaria Reale”

Laboratory of Imaging, 3D and Multimedia, Fondazione Centro Conservazione Restauro
“La Venaria Reale”, Italy

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