Interactive communication and cultural heritage

The advent of digital technology and new media has changed the expectations of visitors, driving the use of new solutions and technologies to deliver content that meets their demands. Cultural heritage visits are no longer solely information-based, but have now become all-round multisensory experiences. The study proposed here aims to communicate further information about the nature and state of cultural objects, by means of the spontaneous and natural interaction of visitors physically pointing at the parts they are interested in. A practical application of the procedure has been designed for the Forum of Nerva in Rome. The experiment was conducted with a Kinect sensor and Leap Motion 3D. A small-scale 3D print of the Colonnacce was made for the laboratory tests so that the results would be as realistic as possible.