Page - 9 - in Analogue Meets Digital - History and Present IT Augmentation of Europe’s Largest Landscape Relief Model in Villach, Austria

MultimodalTechnol. Interact.2019, 3, 44 9of12 “augmenting” the relief model with some of his landscape pictures. Although this was, for protective reasons, not possible, the idea was born to ”value-enhance” the landscape relief model by adding complementary geo-information. So, for some years, the Municipal Museum of Villach began to investigatetechnicalpossibilitiesformaterializinganimprovedmodernformofmusealcommunication thatallowsanup-to-dateandinnovativepresentationand,atthesametime,acknowledgesthestatutory provisionsof legalmonumentalprotection(Figure5). Multimodal Technol. Interact. 2019, 3, x FOR PEER REVIEW 9 of 12 “augmenting” the relief model with some of his landscape pictures. Although this was, for protective reasons, not possible, the idea was born to ”value-enhance” the landscape relief model by adding complementary geo-information. So, for some years, the Municipal Museum of Villach began to investigate technical possibilities for materializing an improved modern form of museal communication that allows an up-to-date and innovative presentation and, at the same time, acknowledges the statutory provisions of legal monumental protection (Figure 5). Figure 5. Present-day view of the Relief von Kärnten Pavillon at the Schillerpark in Villach. From the Internet Presentation of the Municipal Museum and Archive of the City of Villach. Thus, in 2015, the museum approached the multimedia and film production company edufilm und medien GmbH in Bleiberg-Kreuth near Villach to develop a conception that, on the one hand, implements modern information and presentation technology, and on the other hand, takes care of the special requirements and challenges of monumental protection. In cooperation with the internationally active company for media and communication technology PKE Electronic AG in Vienna/Klagenfurt, a total of seven high-performance projectors were mounted above the relief model. Additionally, a server and a sound system take care of the content that has to be displayed onto the landscape relief model. Six projectors (two rows of three) cover the 182 m2 of the model, another projector displays information onto a newly installed vertical screen above the geosculpture. The idea to project information onto the relief called for blackout blinds in order to allow high-quality presentations. The m3 software created by multi-media-machines in Rennweg am Katschberg, Carinthia, is responsible to distribute the content correctly to the installed hardware (Table 1). After the installation of the required hard- and software, from 2016 to 2018, edufilm und medien GmbH developed a series of educational computer-animated contents for the projection mapping. As it had already turned out during the production of the projection of the historical development of the City of Dresden, Germany, onto a terrain model of this region by M. F. Buchroithner and his team in 2006 (cf. www.stadtmuseum-dresden.de/userfiles/relief.swf), also in Villach, the biggest challenge was the precisely accurate pointing at the relief. The objective was to show the visitors particular locations, settlements, mountain peaks, the border of Carinthia, individual districts, and more. The generation of the pixel-precise digital presentation models that allowed the highly accurate positioning of projected objects on the relief model was achieved through painstaking manual labor. As a result, it is now possible to show exactly geocoded additional thematic information on the uneven surface of the model by means of high-quality projectors. Figure 5. Present-day view of the Relief von Kärnten Pavillon at the Schillerpark in Villach. From the InternetPresentationof theMunicipalMuseumandArchiveof theCityofVillach. Thus, in 2015, the museum approached the multimedia and film production company edufilm und medien GmbH in Bleiberg-Kreuth near Villach to develop a conception that, on the one hand, implements modern information and presentation technology, and on the other hand, takes care of the special requirementsandchallengesofmonumentalprotection. Incooperationwiththeinternationally activecompanyformediaandcommunicationtechnologyPKEElectronicAG inVienna/Klagenfurt, a total of seven high-performance projectors were mounted above the relief model. Additionally, a server and a sound system take care of the content that has to be displayed onto the landscape relief model. Six projectors (two rows of three) cover the 182 m2 of the model, another projector displays information onto a newly installed vertical screen above the geosculpture. The idea to project information onto the relief called for blackout blinds in order to allow high-quality presentations. The m3 software created by multi-media-machines in Rennweg am Katschberg, Carinthia, is responsible todistribute thecontentcorrectly to the installedhardware (Table1). After the installation of the required hard- and software, from 2016 to 2018, edufilm und medien GmbH developedaseriesofeducationalcomputer-animatedcontents for theprojectionmapping. As it hadalreadyturnedoutduringtheproductionof theprojectionof thehistoricaldevelopmentof the CityofDresden,Germany,ontoa terrainmodelof this regionbyM.F.Buchroithnerandhis teamin 2006 (cf. www.stadtmuseum-dresden.de/userfiles/relief.swf), also in Villach, the biggest challenge was the precisely accurate pointing at the relief. The objective was to show the visitors particular locations, settlements,mountainpeaks, theborderofCarinthia, individualdistricts, andmore. Thegenerationof the pixel-precise digital presentation models that allowed the highly accurate positioning of projected objects on the relief model was achieved through painstaking manual labor. As a result, it is now