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Unveiling the Past in Three Dimensions: A Methodology for Creating Versatile Digital Twins from Paleontological Findings in a Museum

Markos Konstantakis
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Georgios Trichopoulos
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John Aliprantis
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Konstantinos Michalakis
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George Caridakis
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Athina Thanou
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Anastasios Zafeiropoulos
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Symeon Papavassiliou
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Efterpi Koskeridou
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Stamatina Sklavounou
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Christos Psarras
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Version 1 : Received: 18 July 2023 / Approved: 19 July 2023 / Online: 20 July 2023 (08:35:46 CEST)

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Konstantakis, M.; Trichopoulos, G.; Aliprantis, J.; Michalakis, K.; Caridakis, G.; Thanou, A.; Zafeiropoulos, A.; Sklavounou, S.; Psarras, C.; Papavassiliou, S.; Koskeridou, E. An Enhanced Methodology for Creating Digital Twins within a Paleontological Museum Using Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning Techniques. Heritage 2023, 6, 5967-5980. Konstantakis, M.; Trichopoulos, G.; Aliprantis, J.; Michalakis, K.; Caridakis, G.; Thanou, A.; Zafeiropoulos, A.; Sklavounou, S.; Psarras, C.; Papavassiliou, S.; Koskeridou, E. An Enhanced Methodology for Creating Digital Twins within a Paleontological Museum Using Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning Techniques. Heritage 2023, 6, 5967-5980.

Abstract

In recent years, researchers in the field of cultural heritage have intensified their efforts to develop new ways to enhance the promotion and accessibility of cultural content in order to attract more audiences using virtual representations of physical objects (digital twins). Therefore, they increasingly include new technologies and digital tools in their operation, since their application both to the general public and among the cultural organisations themselves, is considered particularly effective. Simultaneously, the increasing quality of the produced digitizations has opened up new opportunities for further exploitation of digitization outcomes in a broader context than was initially anticipated. Responding to the growing demand of museum visitors for a personalized digital tour experience, especially in the midst of the recent Covid-2019 pandemic, the v-PalM project aims to develop a digital platform for offering virtual guidance and education services at the Museum of Paleontology and Geology that is hosted at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. The development of the platform will be based on collecting data through several methods including crowdsourcing, innovative information and communication technologies, taking advantage of content digitization using 3D scanning devices. In this paper, we demonstrate a methodology for the digitization of paleontological findings that can be used for creating digital twins suitable for various scenarios including research, education, and entertainment.

Keywords

digital twins; cultural heritage; museum; 3d modeling; digitization; platform; cultural content; museum visitors; paleontological findings; paleontology; photogrammetry; methodology

Subject

Arts and Humanities, Architecture

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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