The research proposal submitted under the special initiative ‘Open Innovation in Culture’ by a collaborative consortium, with Tessera participating as the Project Coordinator, has been approved for implementation.
The initiative aims at the «implementation of landmark research, technological development, and innovation projects through the development of products, services, methods, original research devices, new technologies, or other innovative applications and processes. Its key intervention pillars include the diagnosis, preservation, documentation, and promotion of monuments, artworks, artifacts, and other historical cultural elements»
The funded research project is titled “Mixed Reality and GeoINformatics for Monument Demonstration” (acronym: MERGIN’ MODE, Project Code: T6YBP-00297). It concerns the development of a cultural information system aimed at the demonstration of monuments through the merging (MERGIN’) of the real and the virtual into a Mixed Reality (MixEd Reality) environment, supported by GeoINformatics technologies
Project duration: 30 months, starting on October 11, 2019, and ending on April 10, 2022.
The proposal was submitted by the following partners
- Archaeological Service of the Thessaloniki Region of the Ministry of Culture and Sports
- Department of Surveying Engineering and GeoInformatics, School of Engineering, International Hellenic University
- Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- GeoSense company, specializing in Drone technology and Surveying Equipment
- Tessera Multimedia, the project coordinator, operating in the field of new information technologies, specializing in the design and development of software.
Το έργο υλοποιείται στο πλαίσιο των ειδικών δράσεων «ΥΔΑΤΟΚΑΛΛΙΕΡΓΕΙΕΣ» – «ΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΑ ΥΛΙΚΑ» – «ΑΝΟΙΧΤΗ ΚΑΙΝΟΤΟΜΙΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟ» και συγχρηματοδοτείται από το Ευρωπαϊκό Ταμείο Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης (ΕΤΠΑ) της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης και από εθνικούς πόρους μέσω του Επιχειρησιακού Προγράμματος «Ανταγωνιστικότητα, Επιχειρηματικότητα & Καινοτομία (ΕΠΑνΕΚ) του ΕΣΠΑ 2014-2020.
