Paleontology 2.0. Public awareness of paleontological sites through new technologies

This research is part of a wider project concerning the use of new technologies to communicate, disseminate and promote palaeontology. There is a clear need to pursue this objective, which, when translated into the cultural context of Italy, has led us to start working with palaeontologists to find a way to use new technologies to develop applications specific to the field of palaeontology. Dissemination methods based on new technologies are collectively known as Paleontology 2.0. The main aims are: providing evidence to museums and sites using the latest visualisation technologies along with more open shared knowledge; creating an accessible network on the World Wide Web between sites and museums that are currently isolated and unknown; giving the public the opportunity to interact with scientific knowledge through Real Time 3D during their site visit or via remote, web-based access to information.