Viaggio nell’Antica Roma
| Subject: | Archaeology |
| Purpose: | Consult/Risorse, Educational |
| Format: | Cd-Rom, DVD/Video |
| 2004 | Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani |
| 2003 | Centaur Systems, Ltd. Usa |
| 2002 | Rèunion des Musèes Nationaux, Paris |
| 2002 | Gruner und Jahr/Mondadori |
| 2001 | United Soft Media Verlag GmbH, München - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC |
Accolades
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1° premio come “Miglior prodotto interattivo”, Roma 2004
1st Prize as “Best interactive product”, Rome 2004
The DVD/CD-Rom Ancient Rome Tour, published in several languages, is a multimedia project dedicated to the virtual reconstruction of ancient Rome, developed with the support of UE within the development programme MEDIA2.
Presentation of the DVD within the presentation of the Enciclopedia Archeologica Treccani, at San Luca Academy in Rome 20.06.2005
1st Prize as “Best interactive product” PREMIO WEDEKIND 2004 –IL TEMPO Newspaper – Rome 17.09.2004
“Visuellement stupéfiant, ce produit est aussi une somme d’informations culturelles et scientifiques remarquable.”, high-tech, “Une balade virtuelle à Rome, de l’Antiquité au XXIe siècle”, T. Pigot, 10.01.2003
“Il viaggio nella Roma imperiale ‘restaurata’ al computer ha davvero dell’incredibile. […] Il film di Roma antica non è una delle tante creazioni in realtà virtuale, bensì la minuziosa e fedele ricostruzione archeologica realizzata da un gruppo di artisti del computer insieme ad un pool di studiosi universitari”. Corriere della Sera, “Roma nel tempo: ‘viaggio’ in DVD – Ricostruzioni archeologiche al computer”, Luca Zanini, 27.03.2002
The DVD/CD-Rom Ancient Rome Tour is a virtual navigation in space and time through the evolution of the urban and architectonical tissue of the Eternal City.
Access to the most important monuments is provided either through an alphabetical and chronological list, or by sailing from a bird’s eye view above and into a complete model of the ancient city, reconstructed from the model made by Italo Gismondi in 1937. This virtual immersion device gives users a panoramic view of the city and the ability to zoom in directly to more than 100 active areas of the most important archaeological sites of the city.
Then, by selecting and clicking on a single area, it is possible to zoom in and enter its virtual reconstruction and its present state.
In Ancient Rome Tour users will be able to access hundreds of hypertext cards not only about monuments but also covering every aspect of Roman daily life 2000 years ago.
All the information presented has been compiled and checked by a staff of archaeologists and university professors, currently engaged in excavations in Rome.
The DVD/CD-Rom Ancient Rome Tour also includes a rare iconographical legacy from the 1850s: “Gli edifizj di Roma Antica” (Buildings of Ancient Rome) by Luigi Canina. This book contains masterful drawings by the famous architect who worked for the Borghese family.
The DVD Ancient Rome Tour has been published in Italian, German and French.
An abridged CD-Rom edition has been published in Italian and English.
Credits
- Project concept and multimedia direction
- Alessandro Furlan
- Pietro Galifi
- Stefano Moretti
- Art direction
- Pietro Galifi
- Stefano Moretti
- Software design
- Debora Testa
- Texts
- Maria Teresa D’Alessio
- Paolo Carafa
- Giovanni Ricci
- Maria Grazia Nini
- Production manager
- Alessandro Furlan
- Editor and coordinator
- Maria Grazia Nini
- Software development and production
- Debora Testa
- 3D models
- Pietro Galifi
- Stefano Moretti
- Alessia Moretti
- Luigi Giannattasio
- Franco Bernardini
- Valentino Raicu
- Giampiero Lustrati
- Paolo Saracini
- Silvia Polverini
- Bruce Dalzell Hatherton
- Texture mapping
- Alessia Moretti
- Franco Bernardini
- Silvia Polverini
- Interface design
- Pietro Galifi
- Stefano Moretti
- Photographs
- Luciano Romano
- Sergio Toni
- Original music
- Vanni Cassori