Vertically Integrated Project
Digital Interactive Preservation
Goals
The Digital Interactive Preservation project is a prototyping method that digitally scans historic sites and
rebuilds them in video game formats. The core goal is to preserve key components of an historic site, with
accurately measured plans and elevations and clean, accurate visual details transported into a format that
will make these sites accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Issues Involved or Addressed
Many organizations have been scanning historic sites for decades. A notable example of this is the
Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, France. However, these scans are very expensive to collect, and the
resulting data is so unwieldy, that it becomes impossible for anyone outside of the curators to access it.
By practicing the DIP method, we get one step closer to making both the process of digital scanning
accessible to underserved communities, and providing a route for them to broadly share their cultural
heritage.
Methods and Technologies
Participants in this VIP will actively participate in interdisciplinary learning and research.
Activities will include the following:
- On-site visits at the Genesee Country Village and Museum
- Photography and LiDAR scanning
- Site measurement and plan building
- Historic research on building techniques and material
- 3D cleanup of scanned models
- Texture transfer and clean up
- Setting up game levels and interactions