Abstract
The Wooden Tarbernacles research project, which started in September 2022 and is still ongoing, concerns the digitisation of a series of wooden tabernacles made between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as historical and artistic evidence of the Capuchin order of Abruzzo. The aim of the project is to obtain, through SfM photogrammetry, a series of geometrically accurate 3D models that can be used for the realisation of physical replicas of the objects surveyed through the use of 3D printing. The research project also include the implementation of an Augmented Reality application (AR) for the use of the mapped 3D model and other queryable information: as is well known, in fact, Augmented Reality allows digital elements to be superimposed on a real scene; this feature generates an enhanced vision of reality by applying, through the use of specific devices, a digitised information layer that modifies the real scene in order to deepen its knowledge. By combining this technology with 3D printing, it is therefore possible to associate a physical object with a series of information contents that enrich its fruition. The Augmented Reality application will make it possible to broaden the experience of using the replica by adding a series of digital information layers (photos, videos, 3D models) that can be activated by framing the replica itself. This application has already been created, designed by implementing the Model Target functionalities available with the Vuforia libraries in the Unity software environment. The 3D print prototype returning a physical reproduction of the object on a scale of 1:5, capable of accurately reproducing the object’s richness of detail