VIRTUAL RESTORATION OF DETERIORATED RELIGIOUS HERITAGE OBJECTS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGIES

In this paper, an approach for the virtual restoration of the religious heritage objects is proposed. The presented method is based on Augmented Reality technologies, which enable virtual restoration of the original heritage object by co-locating the reconstructed 3D virtual model with the real one. This method gives the opportunity to better perceive the damaged object. The proposed method consists in the following actions: obtain documentation about the damaged heritage object, processing of the documentation, 3D reconstruction of the monument, finishing and completing details, registration of the colocated 3D virtual model. The output of the proposed method is a reconstructed 3D model of heritage object, which can be visualized co-located with the real one by using common equipment such as Smartphone or Tablet PC. The application of the proposed methodology, which is used as a case study, was conducted in Brasov, at the Black Church. The proposed methodology may open new possibilities for the restoration of other religious heritage objects.

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