Excavations are an essential aspect of the work of archaeologists. They literally dig into the past. Both this process and the resulting stratigraphic relations of deposits and the surfaces in between must be accurately documented for later analysis. Digital technologies, above all Visual Computing, offer many possibilities to support and optimize holistic documentation and analysis of excavations and other areas of archaeological research.
The HMC-Plus system enables comprehensive visual analysis in the field of archaeology by combining different data modalities (Harris Matrix, time models, GIS). The user-friendly tool documents excavation projects in detail and improves the archaeological analysis by linking it with temporal information and geographical data.
Especially in a country like Austria, where art and cultural heritage play an enormously important role in society, the question of how to make art accessible to all audiences is crucial. This is why we have been researching new inclusive ways of making art accessible and enriching for all museum visitors through Key Enabling Technologies. Over the past two decades, we have developed several innovative solutions for museums and built a broad network in the field of inclusive digitization.
As part of the EU-funded Horizon2020 project ARCHES, which was coordinated by VRVis, we developed two inclusive art mediation tools: the tactile reliefs and the interactive Multimedia Guide, using IT to make visual art accessible to all audiences in a variety of ways.
The preservation, monitoring and maintenance of old building structures, which are often part of cultural heritage, is an immense task. Together with Linsinger Ziviltechnik, we have investigated and developed methods that enable the most efficient and precise stocktaking, identification and documentation of changes to buildings. Photogrammetric methods are used to create high-resolution 3D models from a wide variety of image material of an object. These models show the condition of the building structure much more accurately than visible to the naked eye.
Tactile panorama relief received IIID Award 2023
The inclusive tactile panoramic relief, developed and designed by VRVis for the Graz Museum Schlossberg, was awarded the Universal Design Award 2023 in three categories.
VRVis researcher Katharina Krösl received an Honorable Mention at the IEEE VR 2022 for her dissertation "Simulating Vision Impairments in Virtual and Augmented Reality."
The paper "Neural Cameras: Learning Camera Characteristics for Coherent Mixed Reality Rendering", which was written with VRVis participation, was awarded the Best Conference Paper Award at ISMAR 2021.
Our VR/AR specialist Katharina Krösl was awarded the Young Experts Award of the Austrian Computer Science Day 2021.
ARCHES was selected from nearly 400 projects from all over the world as one of the finalists in the category "Inclusion & Empowerment".
The EU project ARCHES is nominated for the Heritage in Motion Award 2020.
Horizon2020 project "ARCHES" receives Austrian WSA Award 2020 for the use of key enabling technologies in barrier-free art education.
The Horizon2020 project ARCHES, coordinated by VRVis, was shortlisted for the Horizon Impact Award from more than 200 projects.
The Horizon2020 project ARCHES coordinated by VRVis convinced the jury in the category "Social Affairs".
Katharina Krösl won the Best Research Demo Award with the live demo of her project "XREye".
VRVis receives together with the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna the Zero Project Award 2020.
The EU-funded participatory research project "ARCHES" was awarded the eAward 2020.
VRVis is represented in the categories "Social Responsibility" and "Smart City and Infrastructure".
Paper "ICthroughVR: Illuminating Cataracts through Virtual Reality" by Katharina Krösl is nominated for the Best Conference Paper at the IEEE Virtual Reality conference, which takes place from 23 to 27 March 2019 in Osaka (Japan)!
VRVis wins the eAward 2019 for the project VR Fire Safety Training in the category "Training".
The eAward honors IT projects with the greatest customer benefit. The VRVis is nominated in three categories!
VRVis receives the Eurographics Association 2011 Best Paper Award for the paper "High-Quality Tactile Painting".
Innovation award for "Tactile Paintings" to VRVis and KHM Vienna.
Innovation award for "Tactile Paintings" to VRVis and KHM Vienna.
State Prize of Austria for "Tactile Paintings" goes to VRVis and KHM Vienna.
VRVis and dsts advisers to executives KEG received the "eAward 2011 Lower Austria" for their project "Virtual Reality Biofeedback Training.
During the Long Night of Research 2008 VRVis was awarded the prize for "Outstanding Science Communication".
VRVis developed together with the Museum Graz a new tactile panorama relief for the unique view from Graz's Schlossberg.
The Beaucoup project's multisensory, inclusive toolsets enable barrier-free exploration of and interaction with cultural heritage targeted at older adults.
The CosmoWeather research project aims to develop VR and AR solutions for experts and the general public to make the research field of space weather more accessible and understandable.
The research project CognitiveXR focuses on developing a platform that enables cognitive augmentation in the smart city domain by seamlessly integrating augmented reality, edge computing, and artificial intelligence.
The virtual reality solution developed by VRVis in collaboration with the Vienna State Opera enables digital collaborative stage design and construction rehearsal processes - independent of the actual stage space.
Development of extended reality technologies to create virtual maneuver scenarios based on real geographic data.
The applied research project Lightbox 2.0 focuses on the development of a photogrammetric 3D scanner for automatic and deep learning-based modeling of all kinds of keys.
ARCHES - Accessible Resources for Cultural Heritage EcoSystems was an EU-funded Horizon2020 project coordinated by VRVis.
Fire training for non-professionals is expensive, complicated and dangerous. The solution: a simulation in a virtual environment.
Visualization and visual analysis of high-resolution surface reconstructions find a wide range of applications, from tunnel monitoring and archaeological excavations to the change management of cultural heritage buildings.
Barrier-free access to art and museums for blind and visually impaired people through 3D technology.
Localization of Virtual Sound Sources: Effects of Pointing Method, Visual Environment, and Training.
In order to preserve the architectural heritage, we use methods of photogrammetry, thermography, photometry as well as laser scans to carry out inventories, recognition and documentation of changes in protected buildings.