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Articles | Volume XLI-B5
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B5-383-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B5-383-2016
15 Jun 2016
 | 15 Jun 2016

VIRTUAL RECONSTRUCTION OF LOST ARCHITECTURES: FROM THE TLS SURVEY TO AR VISUALIZATION

R. Quattrini, R. Pierdicca, E. Frontoni, and R. Barcaglioni

Keywords: Point cloud processing, virtual anastylosis, augmented reality, roman archaeology, Vitruvius

Abstract. The exploitation of high quality 3D models for dissemination of archaeological heritage is currently an investigated topic, although Mobile Augmented Reality platforms for historical architecture are not available, allowing to develop low-cost pipelines for effective contents. The paper presents a virtual anastylosis, starting from historical sources and from 3D model based on TLS survey. Several efforts and outputs in augmented or immersive environments, exploiting this reconstruction, are discussed.

The work demonstrates the feasibility of a 3D reconstruction approach for complex architectural shapes starting from point clouds and its AR/VR exploitation, allowing the superimposition with archaeological evidences. Major contributions consist in the presentation and the discussion of a pipeline starting from the virtual model, to its simplification showing several outcomes, comparing also the supported data qualities and advantages/disadvantages due to MAR and VR limitations.