DICE: Digital Immersive Cultural Environment

A Digital Immersive Cultural Environment (DICE) consists of a VR/AR (virtual & augmented reality) platform, a CMS (Content Management System) and a GIS (Geographic Information System) for geo-referencing both space and content and for providing immersive navigation in the VR/AR space. Such a platform offers 3D reconstruction of space, geo-coding of the virtual space in actual geographic coordinates and overlay capabilities with real georeferenced space. The coupling of a CMS with a GIS associates information and data with the geographic coordinates of the VR/AR space, thus making available content on demand in accordance to spatial point of interest within the VR/AR space and immersive navigation in both VR and AR spaces. Incorporation of simulation platforms, localization technologies, motion tracking technologies and VR UI’s, creates a fully interactive immersive VR/AR ecosystem, beyond the state of the art, with augmented capabilities in education, training, entertainment, content creation, etc.