European Union’s REKonstructed content in 3D to produce XR experiences

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The aim of EUreka3D-XR is to expand 3D and XR scenarios in the European common data space for cultural heritage. EUreka3D-XR builds upon the three pillars constructed by EUreka3D to create new experiences in extended reality integrated in the European Data Space for Cultural Heritage. The proposed framework is composed by: - EUreka3D platform of guidelines and recommendations based on the results of the VIGIE Study for the production of 3D high-quality contents - EUreka3D Data Hub made of computing and storage resources that power a range of tools and services for accessing, visualising and manipulating cultural contents, mostly in 3D formats - a programme of capacity building initiatives that extend the seminars, documentations, workshops and demonstrations initiated in EUreka3D with new elements focused on the creation of XR experiences The EUreka3D-XR framework will be operated via an online application in the form of a tool-box that targets a twofold community of users: the providers and the users of contents. The providers - namely Cultural Heritage Institutions, small museums and libraries, digital archives - will use the tools of Eureka3D-XR to improve their skills, to give access to their datasets and to transform their cultural contents (2D, 3D, video, texts, maps, stories) into innovative XR experiences. The users – namely researchers, students and teachers, tourists, creative enterprises, and the citizenry living in the cultural places represented in the digital space - will re-use the high-value datasets published by the providers and interact with XR experiences. Three show-case scenarios will be developed in Eureka3D-XR and made available as new contents and documentation: The virtual visualization of the middle-ages walls of the city of Girona The XR narrative of excavations in process in the Bibracte archaeological site The new life of Saint Neophytos Englystra in Cyprus Impact assessment and users testing will contribute to long-term sustainability.