Promotion of Cultural Heritages Through A Virtual Museum Platform: Case Study Hagia Sophia

Authors : Mehmet Fatih DÖKER, Cem KIRLANGIÇOĞLU

Pages : 1337-1345

Doi:10.16984/saufenbilder.392091

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Publication Date : 2018-10-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The Digital World has become the most significant platform for spreading the written and visual documents about cultural and historical heritages in accordance with the recent developments on web based technologies. All kind of digital platforms such as notebooks, personal computers, tablets and mobile phones are the primary tools to transfer local values to global scale. Nevertheless, it is not possible to say that these technological opportunities are not used efficiently to promote museums keeping the inheritance and memory of societies. Fortunately, 3D game technologies and virtual reality applications have been started to use in this area. The traditional promotion methods are being replaced by these new and innovative solutions including ‘virtual museum’ term. People are capable to use this platform to see and interactively walk through the virtually reconstructed museums in a 3D digital environment. Creating accessible web based virtual museum platforms will attract tourists, students and researchers from all ages. The aim of this study is to create a virtual museum platform including all kind of written and visual materials. Hagia Sophia has been selected as the case study area of this study and digitally reconstructed to use in the project.
Keywords : Virtual Reality, Cultural Heritage, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul