The article presents the potential of the virtual tour in architectural education as an innovative tool to better understand heritage and stimulate creativity. A methodology for creating a virtual tour based on a point cloud obtained from a survey based on 360° camera images is presented. Two different purposes for the use of point clouds are presented from reliable indicators of heritage documentation useful for digital twin modelling and architectural analysis, to the creation of thematic virtual tours enabling the testing of different scenarios. The article focuses on the case of virtual tours that were created as part of the 2023 Gdańsk Summer School associated with the H2020 PROMETHEUS project, in collaboration between Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech), Poland, and the University of Pavia, Italy. A virtual tour was created for a significant part of the Royal Way in Gdańsk. A comparison of the different types of virtual tours is presented in relation to their objectives (educational, tourist, entertainment), the characteristics of the scenarios (place, time, story, characters) and the experience environment (virtual, augmented or immersive space).
Virtual tour as an innovative tool for architectural education - from understanding heritage to creativity stimulation
Elisabetta Doria
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2024-01-01
Abstract
The article presents the potential of the virtual tour in architectural education as an innovative tool to better understand heritage and stimulate creativity. A methodology for creating a virtual tour based on a point cloud obtained from a survey based on 360° camera images is presented. Two different purposes for the use of point clouds are presented from reliable indicators of heritage documentation useful for digital twin modelling and architectural analysis, to the creation of thematic virtual tours enabling the testing of different scenarios. The article focuses on the case of virtual tours that were created as part of the 2023 Gdańsk Summer School associated with the H2020 PROMETHEUS project, in collaboration between Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech), Poland, and the University of Pavia, Italy. A virtual tour was created for a significant part of the Royal Way in Gdańsk. A comparison of the different types of virtual tours is presented in relation to their objectives (educational, tourist, entertainment), the characteristics of the scenarios (place, time, story, characters) and the experience environment (virtual, augmented or immersive space).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
