Virtual Restoration and Persuasive Storytelling for a Virtual Visit to Palazzo Rosso, Genoa

This The take-off of 5G technology in Italy coincided with a series of initiatives aimed at demonstrating the potential and possible applications of this network in the areas of smart technologies, internet of things, smart cities and next-generation smart homes. The use of this new high-speed connection will al-so positively involve the enjoyment of cultural heritage, proposing to offer new and more powerful solutions, especially in the field of immersive virtual visuali-zation. With these premises is born a project promoted by Ericsson, Fastweb, Genoa Municipality and Strada Nuova Museums (UNESCO heritage), which aims to virtualize some spaces of the Museum of Palazzo Rosso through innova-tive solutions, immersive, emotional and persuasive. With the virtualization of the Palazzo Rosso museum we intend to test some features of the 5G network, investigating response times, streaming capabilities and portability of audio, video and 3D resources in real time. The main outputs concerned the develop-ment of immersive stereoscopic panoramas to be visualized on VR headset and, within these, stereoscopic movies. The realization of narratives including recon-structive films, immersive navigation in the paintings and virtual restoration of the ceilings destroyed during the Second World War, are made possible by the use of 3D-based technologies and the potential of methods based on Camera Mapping. The paper describes the main techniques used and exposes the results of the case study as a guideline for possible applications in other similar con-texts.