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Enhancing Accessibility of Cultural Heritage: Extended Reality and Tactile Prints for an Inclusive Experience of the Madonna Dell’Itri Church in Nociglia

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Extended Reality (XR Salento 2023)

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This paper presents the partial development and implementation results of an ongoing project aimed at enhancing the accessibility of the Madonna dell’Itri Church in Nociglia (Italy), by means of different smart fruition tools. Thanks to a collaboration between the Department of Engineering for Innovation and the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Salento, along with the Municipality of Nociglia, the project aims to study and monitor the conservation status of the cultural asset, to enhance a smart fruition by means of eXtended Reality (XR) technologies and to improve accessibility of the site. This paper specifically focuses on the XR applications developed to achieve these goals, showcasing their potential to provide accessible solutions and improve the overall visitor experience, especially for individuals with special needs.

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Acknowledgments

For the artistic consulting about the Madonna dell’Itri Church, we thank Professor Manuela De Giorgi, from the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Salento. Secondly, we would like to thank Professor Beatrice Stasi and Antonella Nisi, from the Department of Humanties from the University of Salento, for the elaboration of textual contents and storytelling. We also thank the Municipality of Nociglia, in particular Vincenzo Vadrucci, Pasquale Sancesario and Stefania Dragone.

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    Carola Gatto, Sofia Chiarello, Federica Faggiano, Benito Luigi Nuzzo, Ileana Riera Panaro & Lucio Tommaso De Paolis

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    Giada Sumerano

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Gatto, C. et al. (2023). Enhancing Accessibility of Cultural Heritage: Extended Reality and Tactile Prints for an Inclusive Experience of the Madonna Dell’Itri Church in Nociglia. In: De Paolis, L.T., Arpaia, P., Sacco, M. (eds) Extended Reality. XR Salento 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14219. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43404-4_10

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