Real-time 3D modelling of the cultural heritage. the Forum of Nerva in Rome

3D modeling and the ability to view and navigate through reconstructions in real time enables people to gain an understanding of what places actually looked like, recreating their form and spatiality. The case study is a real time 3D reconstruction of the Forum of Nerva in the central archeological area of Rome, which has as yet received little attention of this kind. The reconstruction employed the open-source Blender game engine. Drawing on input from archeologists and historians as regards its content, and the expertise with 3D modeling tools offered by specialists in forms of representation, this is the first time that an attempt has been made to reconstruct and explore the Forum of Nerva as it appeared in Imperial Roman and medieval periods.