The use of digital twin models to document cultural heritage monuments

Kyriacos Themistocleous; Evagoras Evagorou; Christodoulos Mettas; Diofantos Hadjimitsis

doi:10.1117/12.2636332

26 October 2022 The use of digital twin models to document cultural heritage monuments

Kyriacos Themistocleous, Evagoras Evagorou, Christodoulos Mettas, Diofantos Hadjimitsis

Proceedings Volume 12268, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XIII; 122680C (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2636332
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2022, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

A digital twin model can be defined as a connection between a virtual model and its real-life counterpart, by providing an interactive virtual environment that represents the real world. The use of digital twin models in cultural heritage enables better decision-making about preventive maintenance, heritage management, and interpretation, as well as accurate digital documentation. In cultural heritage, digital twin models are important in order to convey the real-life experience of the space through an accurate and detailed virtual representation. The use of a realistic virtual environment depends on the theory that people perceive and respond to virtual environments in the same manner as the real world. Therefore, a very realistic virtual environment is expected to create the emotion in the person as they would have achieved in the physical site. In this study, a digital twin model was created using Structure for Motion photogrammetry and a depth camera mapping system and compared to a model generated using laser scanning. The use of in-depth camera mapping utilizes panoramic image walkthroughs by facilitating panoramic image views by rendering an overview of the space. The use of digital twin models in cultural heritage provides a 4th dimension in space by providing additional semantic and geometric information to the user.

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Kyriacos Themistocleous, Evagoras Evagorou, Christodoulos Mettas, and Diofantos Hadjimitsis "The use of digital twin models to document cultural heritage monuments", Proc. SPIE 12268, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XIII, 122680C (26 October 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2636332

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