The Sixth SEEDI Conference Zagreb, Croatia, May, 18th 2011

V-MUST.NETpresentation of the

Virtual Museum Transnational Network

Sofia PescarinConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

Rome, Italysofia.pescarin@mlib.itabc.cnr.it

Selma RizvicFaculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovinasrizvic@etf.unsa.ba

Dino SelimovicAssociation for digitization and informatization of cultural heritage DIGI.BA

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovinadino.selimovic@digi.ba

V-MUST is funded by the European Commission under the Community's Seventh Framework Programme, contract no. GA 270404.

V-MUST.NET

Virtual MUSeum Transnational NETwork

A network dedicated to Virtual Museums

It is a Network of Excellence financed by the FP7

4 years: February 2011 – February 2015

18 Partners coming from 13 different countries

http://vimeo.com/20368515

Who is V-MusT.net ?

• Research Centres

• Universities

• Museums

• Companies

• Museum Advisory Board

• Expert Advisory Board

• Associated museums

Map of partners network

Who is part of the network?

CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ITABC – ISTI – ITD)

APRE: Agenzia Per La Promozione Della Ricerca Europea

King’s College London, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King’s Visualisation Lab

University of Sarajevo, Dept. Computer Science

Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (INRIA-IPARLA Joint Research Team)

Lund University, Department of Design Sciences

STARC, Cyprus Institute

CINECA

Foundation of the Hellenic World

Allard Pirson Museum, University of Amsterdam

Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage

Comune di Roma, Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali, Museo dei Fori Imperiali

Fraunhofer Institute für Graphische Datenverarbeitung

Virtualware

Visual Dimension

Sociedad Española de Arqueología Virtual

Noho LTD

University of Brighton, University of Brighton’s Business School

Italy

Italy

UK

Bosnia-Herzegovina

France

Sweden

Cyprus

Italy

Greece

Netherlands

Egypt

Italy

Germany

Spain

Belgium

Spain

Ireland

UK

Associate Members

Research Institutions:

Applied Laboratory of Interactive Visualization and Embodiment, Hong Kong, China

CNR ISTC, Rome, IT

CNR IBAM, Lecce, IT

TU Delft (Technical University Delft), NL

University of Padova, Dept. Archaeology, IT

University of California, Merced, USA

Museums and Visitor Centers

Bologna Archeological Museum, IT

Ayutamiento de la Rinconada, ES

Dublinia and the Viking World, IR

Exposicion Galiciadixital, ES

Foundation Atapuerca, ES

Fundacion Marq-MusEo Arqueologico Provincial de Alicante, ES

Historiska Museet Lund (Historical Museum), SE

Kulturen (Kulturhistoriska foreningen for sodra Sverige), SE

Museo Civico del Risorgimento/Certosa, Bologna, IT

Museo y Parque Arqueologico Cueva Pintada, ES

Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Music Museum, Bologna, IT

Museo de Artes Tradiciones Populares, Madrid, ES;

Muzej Hercegovine (Museum of Herzegovina), BH;

Muzej Sarajeva (Museum of Sarajevo), BH;

Nubian Museum, Aswan, Egypt;

Polo Museale Fiorentino, Galleria dell'Accademia, IT;

Provincia di Napoli, Direzione Cultura, IT;

Roman National Museum, Terme di Diocleziano museum, IT;

Teramo Archaeological Museum, IT,

Zemaljski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine (National Museum of BH)

Waterford Museum of Treasures, IR

Companies

CadLand s.r.l., IT

MakeBelieve design & consulting, GR

Playable Fiction, USA

Zero Creative, NL

Industry

HP Italy

NVIDIA South Europe

International Institutions

UNESCO

ICOM

Map of Virtual Museums network

Virtual Museums

Virtual Museums are a new model of communication aimed at creating a personalized, immersive, interactive way to enhance our understanding of the world around us.

Virtual Museum is a “short-cut” commonly used to identify different digital creations (i.e. VR applications, CG animations, multimedia, web-based presentations, etc.). VMs, as formulated at the beginning of the 90s, are aimed at creating a bridge to the remains of our past and their knowledge. A fundamental requirement is therefore the focus they should have on users.

”Experience” is therefore the key word: interactivity, immersivity, narrative

Virtual Museum: expectations

Creation of a personalized, immersive, interactive way to enhance our understanding of the world around us.

identify different potential “realities” of the information, reaching to a cognitive increment of the heritage.

”Experience” is therefore the key word: interactivity, immersivity, narrative

in the 90’s most part of research projects in virtual heritage were visual oriented; in the 3rd millennium they will be cybernetic-oriented (multi-user shared interaction also over the web)

Virtual Museums: delusions

Not reaching a sufficient level of maturity, such as Cinema or Game

Disconnection between the research and the industry (many pilots, fragmentation)

The life-cycle of many installation is still very limited in time: important long-lasting projects are today completely lost and inaccessible, due also to the lack of preservation policies. An entire digital patrimony is in danger due to the lack of a shared methodology for preserving content.

Virtual Museums as an applied research domain

Increasing number of virtual museums

2003 2009

Virtual Museums: research challenges

Risks:

Economical

Cultural

Digital

Time for a Network of Excellence

V-MusT.net will study and assess the current technologies and methodologies for VMs future preservation and the impact on the lifecycle of VMs, trying to bring digital preservation to a more practical level and fostering the adoption of these technologies in this specific domain.

V-MusT.net main expectation is to create a wide consensus, that will be a “stimulus” for the creation of the next generation Virtual Museum. The wide consensus will be based on the sharing of a common language and of a common practical experience, acquired “on the ground” during a challenging 4-years experiment (Interactive Lab). The next generation Virtual Museum will be more communicative and effective, more sustainable (re-usable, exchangeable), more accessible and visible in public spaces or on line.

Opportunities for young researchers

V-MusTer Class Training program

V-MusT.net Development Camp: The Development Camp is conceived as an instrument that will allow the consortium to stay open to new ideas, technologies or requirements that could emerge during the lifetime of the project; it will be an instrument oriented to both the project partners and to the contribution and inclusion of the external world.

V-Move program (intern-ship)

Calls for micro-projects

What does V-MusT.net do ?

• Shape the Next Generation Museum

• Correct use of digital technology

• Quality and fitness of use

• Robustness and portability

• Re-usability & Exchange

V-MusT.net Activities

• Methodology

• Training

• Virtual Museum Lab

• Competence Network

• Task Force

• Next Generation Museum Event

Virtual Museum Next generation Event 2014

- Combining 4 museum collections:Alexandria, Amsterdam, Rome, Sarajevo

- Common virtual backbone, connecting 4 parallel exhibitions on site / on line

- Focus on Roman collections

- Cutting edge technology: Interactivity and experience

- But also durable and eye for maintenance

- Next 4 years testing and evaluation on test-beds

Thank you for your attention !

Contact:

www.v-must.net

Sofia PescarinConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) - Rome, Italysofia.pescarin@mlib.itabc.cnr.it

Selma RizvicFaculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovinasrizvic@etf.unsa.ba

Dino SelimovicAssociation for digitization and informatization of cultural heritage DIGI.BA - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovinadino.selimovic@digi.ba