Methodological proposal to generate interactive virtual walkthrough

• Main Authors: Javier Esclapés, Daniel Tejerina, Marco Aurelio Esquembre, Joaquim Bolufer
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia 2013-11-01
• Series: Virtual Archaeology Review
• Subjects: Recorridos virtuales; Motor de juegos; Fotogrametría digital; Blender
• Online Access: http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/4276

Virtual walkthroughs have become one of the most effective tools for the dissemination of archaeological heritage, particularly in those cases in which the site, by location or by their morphology, can not be visited. In this paper we describe the workflow for producing such tools, focusing on its two main phases: 3D digital documentation and the use of a game engine to create a virtual walkthrough. In this same line, as a case study, we describe the intervention in the archaeological site “Cova del Barranc del Migdia”, located on the southern face of Mount Montgó, within the Montgó Natural Park, in the town of Javea (Alicante, Spain).