This proposal aims to develop an innovative product named Innovative Cultural Experience (ICE), which combines the following cutting-edge technologies: 1. Transparent Window – touch screen, interactive technology, 2. Augmented Reality, monuments-exhibits, 3D immersive video, intangible heritage narration. The product will provide a unique atomic or mass-touring experience, utilizing information based on material and intangible cultural heritage, through narrative scenarios. ICE will be a Transparent Window’s advanced state of the art, in which any exhibit that will enter it will be able to display visually enhanced and augmented Reality information to the user/visitor (admin enabled). In addition, visitors can, using the built-in 3D Camera, upload their own Video with their views or impressions from the exhibit.

 

Relevant video and audio files will be downloaded to the specific aggregate content aggregator, developed for the purposes of the proposal. For best viewing experience, the user will be given the opportunity to watch three-dimensional video stretching, especially when the exhibit is in open space. In this way the visitor benefits from the passage to the active and experiential tour/promotion of a cultural or commercial product, utilizing the modern pedagogical norms of “bodystorming” of “brainstorming” and “narrative”. The proposed approach is particularly meaningful in the case of educational actions, where brainstorming and the development of bodystorming are of the utmost importance for the exploitation of educational experiences and the recording of end-user preferences/impressions-consumers. The advantage of ICE is based on the collection of alternative multimedia sources of information (material – immaterial), and it can adopt alternative forms of presentation of the aggregated information. ICE is cognitively neutral (domain independent) technology, which makes it useful for a variety of thematic items (from museum exhibits to folk customs, local recipes, etc.).

 

Its technological implementation will focus on the cultural heritage of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace with the emergence of specific cultural monuments of the three religious’ traditions of the region (Christian, Muslim and Hebrew) and their associated narratives as an intangible cultural heritage manifestation. For the platform 1. will be selected and systematized the existing historical and archaeological records, accessible by multimedia materials; 2. research will be carried out and photographic recordings will be accomplished with a 3D Video integration of monuments and sound narratives as well as multimedia representations, showing the rich religious testimony in the area; 3. Oral narratives by the local population about the monuments will be collected and recorded, utilizing the experience and outcomes from a previous NSRF Operational Program 2007-2 013, entitled “Education and Lifelong Learning Programs of Theologians and Priests of Thrace on Religious, Religious and Intercultural Religious Education”. The electronic platform beyond the Greek language will be translated into English and Turkish, will be implemented with interdisciplinary and appropriate technology and will allow for exploitation and enrichment with additional elements and languages.

 

ICE will be linked to the XENAGOS platform, three demo cases will be developed on how to use ICE in terms of promoting culture, education, commercial and tourist product development.