Page - 11 - in Analogue Meets Digital - History and Present IT Augmentation of Europe’s Largest Landscape Relief Model in Villach, Austria

MultimodalTechnol. Interact.2019, 3, 44 11of12 • IndieBergbinigern (IndenBergenbinichgerne; I lovetobeinthemountains(anAustrianmountain song title: approx. 6 min.): Again, a film about the alpine world of Carinthia made by students of CHSVillach(CentreofHuman-ProfessionSchools inVillach)undersupervisionbyits teachers and edufilm und medien Inc. In an entertaining way, the lifestyle of the local population and the geolocationsof the individualmountainrangesandmassifsarepresented. • Faszination Geologie (Fascination Geology: 8:45 min.): The mountains of Carinthia are particularly rich in minerals. Thiseducational short filmprovidesan insight into the fascinating worldof its subsurface treasures. The (pretty unknown) volcanic region of Carinthia as well as the last Ice Age, itswildlife, andtheorogenesisof theAlpsandtheirglaciersarevisualized. 6 special wide-angle optics for the coverage of the whole relief model NP31ZL Lens 1 NEC PA722x projection screen, linked with 1 optical projector NP13ZL Lens 1 Integris System 4U / 55cm, 16GB, 2x Matrox C680 Graphic Card in the server for the rendering of the film contents for the projectors 1 m3 Software for the organization of the media contents 1 Soundcraft UI 16 Crossplattform Sound System In 2017 and 2018, some special contents were developed, optimized for the newly installed technology. Actually, for each content, two video files supplementing each other are necessary. Therefore, two individual films had to be generated. They are shown frame-precise and simultaneously: The vertical screen above the landscape relief model makes use of the film contents, which are projected complementary to the geocoded computer animations presented on the model. Since September 2016, spectacular sound and light effects provide a new, exciting digital and interactive 3D experience. Thus, the centennial tradition is combined with the most modern high tech. Valleys and rivers, settlements and the road network, and natural phenomena are now made conspicuous via animated projections (Figure 6). Also, 128 top tourist attractions all over Carinthia can be rendered visible through brief glances at a loan tablet. Figure 6. Example of simultaneous projections onto the landscape relief model and the screen above the Relief giving information about the administrative structure of Carinthia. From the Internet Presentation of the Municipal Museum and Archive of the City of Villach. Between 2016 and 2018, the following educational contents for the landscape relief model were generated (most of this information has been taken from [10]): Figure6. Exa pleofsimultaneousprojectionsontothelandscapereliefmodelandthescreenabovethe Relief givinginformationabouttheadministrativestructureofCarinthia. FromtheInternetPresentation of theMunicipalMuseumandArchiveof theCityofVillach. Three times a day, between 10:00 and 15:40, these six films can be viewed, with a film every 20 min. At the URL link http://www.villach.at/stadt-erleben/museum-der-stadt/relief-von-kaernten, aglimpseof thecomputer-animatedfilmsofferedto thevisitorscanbeobtained. In addition, objects of interest are explained and described on the visitors’ mobile phones in real time, without the need for a QR code or typing in search machines. This is possible because of an advanced technology that, via the camera image of the mobilephone, calculates the visitor’s position in space accurately to the mm. This allows the insertion of information about various geo-objects, touristattractions,andmuchmore,directly into thecamera image[2,6]. Asavaluablesideeffect, edufilmundmedien Inc. provides theirgainedexperienceandexpertise toschoolclasses. Withineducationalprojects, the installation ispresentlyalsousedtoworkonand acquireskills inmultimediaprojectsand, thus, toprovidean insight into this innovative technology. 4. Discussion,Conclusions,andRecommendations In the present article, for the first time, the digitally augmented Landscape Relief Model of Carinthia hasbeendescribed. It represents thefirstcaseofareliefmodelof thissizewith“true-3D”cartographic information. So far, the number of visitors who want to actively interact with the information hub of the installation has not yet caused serious problems. Internal statistics provided by the administration of the Municipal Museum of Villach show, however, that in the period from 2016 (lastyearwithout ITaugmentation) to2018(firstyearwith ITaugmentation), thenumberofvisitors