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EuroMed 2014: Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection pp 279–289Cite as

3D Visualization via Augmented Reality: The Case of the Middle Stoa in the Ancient Agora of Athens

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Augmented reality is a rapidly evolving technology that enriches reality with computer generated information as well as a powerful tool that provides innovative ways of information access at cultural heritage sites. In this paper, an augmented reality application that allows the visualization of a part of the Middle Stoa in the Ancient Agora of Athens is presented. Users of this application, pointing their tablet PC at the present situation, have the opportunity to see what this building looked like in ancient times, as its three dimensional model is displayed on the camera view of their device, projected on the modern-day ruins.

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  1. Laboratory of Photogrammetry, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

    Styliani Verykokou, Charalabos Ioannidis & Georgia Kontogianni

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering and Informatics, Digital Heritag Research Lab, Cyprus University of Technology, Archbishop Kyprianou 31, 3036, Limassol, Cyprus

    Marinos Ioannides

  2. Institute for Media Innovation (IMI), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann

  3. 2360 N. Vernon Street, Arlington, VA 22207, USA

    Eleanor Fink

  4. Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Jamova 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Roko Žarnić

  5. China University of Technology, 53 Sec3, Shinlong Rd., Taipei, Taiwan

    Alex-Yianing Yen

  6. Wave Engineering Laboratory, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Tallinn University of Technology, Institute of Cybernetics, Akadeemia tee 21, 12618, Tallinn, Estonia

    Ewald Quak

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Verykokou, S., Ioannidis, C., Kontogianni, G. (2014). 3D Visualization via Augmented Reality: The Case of the Middle Stoa in the Ancient Agora of Athens. In: Ioannides, M., Magnenat-Thalmann, N., Fink, E., Žarnić, R., Yen, AY., Quak, E. (eds) Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8740. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13695-0_27

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