Towards new digital cultural spaces

by Jean-Pierre DalbéraNational Museum of European and

Mediterranean Civilisations

Head of research and technology department of the french Ministry of Culture

since 1990 to 2003.

Cultural Heritage and technologies a cohesive approach

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/

Scientific research Technical Innovation (new tools) Digitisation (catalogues and documents) Dissemination and publishing International cooperationto foster economic development, education,

tourism, art creation, social relations…

Knowledge

• Research programmes for archaeology, art history, ethnology, architecture,..

• Inventories, catalogues, books,..

• Methodologies, descriptive systems, thesaurus (monuments, objects, archives, intangible heritage, museums,…)

• 67 cultural databases (free access)http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/bdd

Musée Guimet : national museum of asiatic arts

Musée Guimet (Paris)

Joconde (french museums database)

Examples of sculptures of « musée Guimet »

Examples of rolls of « musée Guimet »

« Mémoire » : historical photographs database

Historical photographs of China (database)

Virtual reality and cultural heritage 15 years of innovation

• A powerful instrument of knowledge• A tool for education • Allowing public access to monuments that

are closed for the visit• Reconstructing objects and environments• Allowing a new vision without constraints in

space and time

The traditional method of reconstruction by drawing and water-colour

OUDHNA (TUNISIA)

• The antique roman city of Oudhna reconstructed by J.C. Golvin (CNRS)

• The Acropolis today

The pioneers of virtual reality : Paris in 1789

The reconstruction of Paris in 1789 for French Revolution Bicentenary

by a french society « Ex-Machina » (1989)

http://www.mediaport.net/en/CP/CyberScience/BDD/fich_037.en.html

Pixel INA Award 1990

Illumination techniques

1990 : one of the first simulation projects.Virtual illumination of the « Bonsecours » church

by the MAP/CRAI laboratory (Nancy, France)http://www.crai.archi.fr/

The virtual museum of Louvre by night

1992 : The virtual illumination of LouvreA partnership between the MAP/CRAI laboratory

and the LORIA (INRIA), (Nancy, France), with the sponsoring of « Electricité de France »

The first virtual reconstruction of Cluny Abbey

A reconstruction realizead in 1992 by « le Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche ENSAM » of the city of Cluny

with a sponsoring of IBM(by the archaeologist K. J. Conant)

http://www.cluny.ensam.fr/

Inside reconstruction of Cluny Abbey

First virtual model realized in 1992 has been improved since this date by ENSAM of Cluny

Televirtual visit of Cluny Abbey

Imagina 1993, Monte-Carlo, France :The first experiment of televirtuality :

a virtual visit of the « père Di Falco » in Monte Carloguided by the curator of the historical monument in Parishttp://imagina.ina.fr/Imagina/2000/Actu/feedback.fr.html

Virtual Illumination of bridges of Paris

1993 : The virtual illumination of the « Pont Neuf » (Paris)by the MAP/CRAI laboratory (Nancy, France),

with the sponsoring of « Electricité de France »

The sanctuary of Athena 3D-model (Delphes)

1997 : the 3D reconstruction of the sanctuary of Athena (Delphes, Greece)

A partnership between MAP/CRAI laboratory (Nancy, France), « la maison de l’archéologie » (Bordeaux, France),

« Ecole française d’Athènes »with the sponsoring of « Electricité de France »

Virtual reality and haptic feedback

on a famous greek sculpture of « musée du Louvre » An experiment of the research and technology

department of the ministry

of cultureand a french society

SeamTeam (2000)

On the left : Catherine Tasca,the french minister

of culture can see andtouch the virtual

sculpture

Realtime augmented reality :Cathedral of Amiens (France)

3D-model of sculpturesand virtual applicationof mediaeval colours

We can see on the photography on the left

the effects obtained by projection of light

on the front of theCathedral of Amiens

SeamTeam and otherPartners (2000)

The MAP laboratory : « Models and simulations for architecture, town planning and landscapes »

1998 : a new laboratory is created(a partnership between the National Center

of Scientific Research and theMinistry of culture)

(Marseille, Nancy, Lyon, Toulouse, Strasbourg)

http://www.map.archi.fr/

The national programme : 3D Monuments

A national programme :• to coordinate 3D models production on

historical monuments • to promote data normalisation,• to develop method of photomodelling and 3D

laser scanning• to produce 3D models for restauration of

historical buildings, but also for e-education, e-culture, e-tourism

Acquisition methods : Laser scanning, digital photographs

3D-Monuments : a french national programme for modelising monuments and buildings

3D-Monuments : Extraction of relevant profiles and architectural knowledge-based modeling

Glossary, grammar and knowledges organized par Livio de Luca (MAP) 2002 to elaborate a 3D-model of the roman temple of Dougga (Tunisia)

Elements of architecture

Grammar of architecture

Knowledges of 3D-model

3D-Monuments database for the scene wall of roman theater of Arles

Livio de Luca,

Michel Florenzano

(MAP)

2003

3D-Monuments : Image matching and 3D model for a temple of Dougga (Tunisia)

The temple of Dougga (Moustapha KHANOUSSI, Michel FLORENZANO, Jean-Claude GOLVIN, Véronique REDDÉ, Livio DE LUCA)

3D-Monuments : Augmented reality for the roman theater of Arles

The roman theater of Arles has been built at the end of the 1st century B.J.C..

3D-Monuments : Augmented reality

for the roman theater of Arles

Reconstruction by Michel Florenzano and Livio De Luca (MAP) 2003

3D-Monuments : some 3D models available on the website

La saline d’Arc et SenansLe Palais royal (Paris)

Le casino d’Aix-en-Provence

L’hôtel de Sully (Paris)

http://www.map.archi.fr/3D-monuments

3D immersive virtual spaces for cultural institutions ?

We inaugurated, in october 2004, at Bavay in the north of France,the first immersive space in an archaeological museum.

Immersive room in ENSAM (Cluny) Immersive parabol (2002)

Great archaeological sites : a collection for the Web

• 16 multimedia publications to valorize archaeological research (1996-2004),

• On free access

• Collaborations between researchers, web-designers, technicians, educators,..

• 6 international awards for the collection,

• 100.000 visites by month (2003).

Produced by research and technology department of

the french ministry of culture

With the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS)

Great archaeological websites

3D model of neolithic houses

Great archaeological websites

3D model of the Akhethetep’s mastaba

Great archaeological websites

Mobius Heritage 2003 international Award

European projects on virtual reality and cultural heritage

Research on multimedia guided tours or exhibitions

• ARCHEOGUIDE (augmented reality-based cultural heritage on-site guide) Olympie, Greece

• PAST : PAD, Bibracte (France),…• LIFE PLUS : Pompeï (Italy),..• EPOCH : european network of

excellence• STRABON, euromediterranean

plateform for cultural heritage and sustainable tourism

• ….• Le « cyber-carnet : Visite + » Cité des

sciences et de l’industrie, (Canada exhibition)

Jean-Pierre DALBERA

Mission pour le musée national des civilisations de l’Europe et de la MéditerranéeMusée national des arts et traditions populaires6 avenue du Mahatma Ghandi75116 Paris France

Téléphone : 33 1 44 17 60 21Fax : 33 1 44 17 60 60E-mail : jean-pierre.dalbera@culture.gouv.frPersonal website : http://www.dalbera.nom.fr/

URL of the conference : http://site.voila.fr/dalbera2/3D/chine.ppt