Realidad aumentada aplicada a la recuperación del patrimonio histórico

Abstract

Spain occupies a prominent position among the countries

with the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The possibilities

offered by the application of AR-VR technologies for some

of these elements’ virtual reconstruction brings a great

opportunity to give visibility and support the transmission

of cultural heritage, especially in those cases where physical

restoration is not possible. It is increasingly common to find

virtual reconstructions of monuments, since these do not

damage either put at risk the element being represented. In

this work, the process of modelling and reconstructing the

Castillo de la Estrella, located in the town of Teba (Malaga),

as well as the subsequent development of an Augmented

Reality application is presented. This allows the Castillo de

la Estrella reconstruction to be displayed virtually on mobile

devices such as smartphones or tablets, and might potentially

be implemented in the museum that houses the castle itself,

providing a tool that improves the visitor experience and

completes the range of cultural activities carried out in the

monument.