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project info
Start date: 1 May 2025
End date: 30 April 2027
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 124 576,00 €
EU contribution: 74 746,00 € (60%)
programme
Programming period: 2021-2027
European Commission Topic
European Commission Topic

Digitally Smart Photorealistic and Recycleable Cultural Heritage

South Ostrobothnia can profile itself as a region of smart, visual and sustainable use of cultural heritage. Through digitalisation, the cultural heritage of South Ostrobothnia opens up new opportunities for the region's attractiveness. The Digitally Intelligent, Visual and Recyclable Cultural Heritage project will test what kind of accurate and visual three-dimensional material the operators of building heritage and cultural heritage in South Ostrobothnia need to support their businesses and services. Digitally intelligent, visual and recyclable cultural heritage can be reproduced using new technologies such as artificial intelligence. The associated, visually high-quality (3D) historical, present and future information information is refined and can be archived to ensure persistence and reusebility. The project will produce and distribute a variety of 3D data from South Ostrobothnia, while improving the ability of SMEs, public actors and citizens in the region to produce, analyse and use data. New business opportunities presented by the produced data will require experimentation, which this project consortium has strong experience in. Advanced digital technology allows the project to produce 3D materials that are video or photographic glimpses of the real world, albeit being computer-generated photorealistic virtual models. Thus, 3D models can be walked through and can also be used as a cinematic product. In practice, only the MeMo and Ruralia institutes applying for the project have the expertise to carry out such a project in Finland. The objectives of the project are: 1) To form and complement the South Ostrobothnia national operational cultural heritage ecosystem 2) To produce accurate, cost-effective and archivable 3D data for the use of target groups and cultural heritage researchers 3) Pilot and test different implementations in multi-disciplinary living labs 4) To outline possible paths for the future of cultural heritage of the region 5) Gain additional benefits from 3D data, as implementers and third parties build services/concepts on them 6) Share knowledge with operators in South Ostrobothnia There are many ways to support this development of digitalisation at regional level. Many heritage buildings, such as barns, sheds and outbuildings, etc., are currently located in challenging locations where there is no foreseeable continuity. The use of 3D technology is also being experimented with to assess the different life cycles of cultural buildings and to identify building types. The work packages (WP) of the project are: South Ostrobothnian buildings, other South Ostrobothnian buildings (barns, shed, outbuildings, etc.), South Ostrobothnia and the potential of new media production and journalism, South Ostrobothnian churches, South Ostrobothnian local history and heritage museums, Other cultural sites in South Ostrobothnia, 3D models produced as part of education in South Ostrobothnia, Tourism in South Ostrobothnia, 3D-models as a tool for filmmaking in South Ostrobothnia, Unforeseen experiments and events More than 30 parties have agreed to participate in the project's interaction group. The Digitally Intelligent, Visual and Recyclable Cultural Heritage project will use a variety of different interaction methods: workshops, meetings, experiments with 3D environments and various trainings, webinars, living labs, demos, web, information sessions, presentations and publications. The interaction and impact of the project will be measured throughout the project through surveys, interviews and statistical data. At the end of the project, a joint final event (seminar) will be organised to publicise the results of the project. The outputs of the project will live on and be taken over by the living labs.

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