Experiencing the past in virtual reality A virtual reality event for the French National Days of Archaeology

Ronan Gaugne (1) , Gaétan Le Cloirec (2, 3) , Jean-Baptiste Barreau (2) , Valérie Gouranton (4, 5)

1 UR - Université de Rennes
2 CReAAH - Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire
3 Inrap - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
4 INSA Rennes - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes
5 Hybrid - 3D interaction with virtual environments using body and mind

This document reports a public exhibition organized during the French National Days of Archaeology, that is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between archaeologists and computer scientists, centered on the immersive virtual reality platform Immersia, a node of the European Visionair project. This public exhibition had three main goals: (i) presentating our interdisciplinary collaboration, (ii) communicating on the scientific results of this collaboration, and (iii) offering an immersive experience in the past for visitors. This paper presents the scientific context of the event, its organization, and a discussion on feedbacks.

Domaines: Synthèse d'image et réalité virtuelle [cs.GR]; Archéologie et Préhistoire

Ronan Gaugne, Gaétan Le Cloirec, Jean-Baptiste Barreau, Valérie Gouranton. Experiencing the past in virtual reality A virtual reality event for the French National Days of Archaeology. 4th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications, 2013, Budapest, Hungary. pp.1-6. ⟨hal-00916741⟩