● ADVANCED LIMES APPLICATIONS

Historic Environment Scotland (UK)

Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (DE), Centre for Digital Documentation and Visualisation (UK), EduFilm & Medien (AT)

State of the art

Digital skills already existed within cultural partners organisations but these had been exploring different areas. The project realised that by combining different approaches, they could create an improved product for varied audiences.

Description of the project

Advanced Limes Applications (ALApp) aimed at developing and disseminating digital technologies and content for advanced mobile applications to interpret the transnational World Heritage Site Frontiers of the Roman Empire, with a focus on the Antonine Wall in Scotland and the Raetian Limes in Bavaria. It allowed to scan archaeological artefacts and sites and make the produced 3D objects available in smartphone and tablet applications, using augmented and virtual reality. By demonstrating how archaeological objects can be scanned and made available digitally as 3D and augmented reality, the project empowered the heritage sector to collaborate on new delivery mechanism and approaches for audience engagement.

The app enables improved story-telling and interpretation of often hard-to-understand archaeological sites.

Creative Europe’s support

Creative Europe support allowed the project to bring together 50 key stakeholders from museums and heritage organisations across Europe and share their experiences and learning. The Eu-wide collaboration allowed to deliver a stronger, more robust end product.

# cultural heritage # historical sites # audience engagement # archeology # augmented reality # 3D

What came next

Several European partners are developing new versions of the app, extending it beyond the three original countries with improved functionalities.

Contact

www.alapp.eu Creative Europe Project Results