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The visitors of the Roman Theater of Cartagena will be able to relive tomorrow its splendor thanks to the virtual reality, which will allow traveling to the Carthago Nova of the 1st century BC. The museum space, whose patronage is integrated by the Autonomous Community, the City Council and the Fundación Cajamurcia, will begin to offer virtual visits to users, who will be able to visualize through glasses the emblematic reconstructed building enjoying a completely immersive experience.

The project aims to improve the quality of visits with the application of new technologies for the recreation of the past through augmented reality and virtual reality.

It has been developed by the company Imageen and the Museum of the Roman Theater of Cartagena, counting on the collaboration with the Port Authority of Cartagena.

The Minister of Tourism and Culture, Miriam Guardiola, today attended the presentation and demonstration of this tool, "a unique project in Spain, considered the first practical implementation of virtual reality used to visit an archaeological site and a firm commitment to innovation that places the Roman Theater at the forefront in the application of new technologies in the field of culture, "he said.

Thanks to this initiative, which will allow you to see the theater as the Romans knew it, "the visit to what is the most frequented museum in our Region will be even more attractive and didactic, a space that last year received almost 222,000 visitors (an increase of 8.7 percent and a new historical record) and that, since its opening, ten years ago, has received more than one and a half million people, becoming a benchmark for heritage recovery and its implementation in value to enhance cultural tourism in the Region of Murcia, "he added.

The visit

The system of virtual visits to the Roman Theater Museum of Cartagena is based on the use of different mobile virtual reality devices and 360 degrees.

It is an immersive experience in which the visitor, when accessing the monument, can visualize through glasses the reconstructed building as it was in Roman times.

In addition to that immersion, an explanation is made in audio in Spanish or English about its history, with details of the different architectural elements and the life of the theater.

When viewing the 3D recreation of the monument, the user can do it in two ways.

One, through virtual reality glasses that the museum makes available to users for a price of 10 euros and that are included in the guided tours to be held on Saturdays and Sundays at 11:30 am.

Another, with mobile phones or tablets, with the download of the application 'Imageen-Cartagena', which will allow for 2.5 euros to visualize the virtual recreation.

From the virtualized points of visualization you can see the monument in its current state combined with the virtual view.

All this recreated with hyperrealistic quality that will allow to know how was the cavea, semicircular structure in which the spectators were located;

the orchestra or stage;

the scaena frons or scenic façade, and the porticus post scaenam, arcaded gallery that surrounds a landscaped space and that constitutes one of the distinctive elements of the Roman theatrical architecture.

The application also has a virtual guide that accompanies the traveler during the visit and explains the transition from the past to the present, as well as the different architectural elements and the activity of the theater in his time.

In addition, visitors have a video about two minutes long on the site and an immersive virtual flight throughout the site.

The beginning of these visits coincides with the days leading up to the celebration of the Museum Day (May 18), for which precisely this year the slogan 'Hyperconnected Museums: New Approaches, New Publics' was chosen.

In this regard, the Minister said that "technological development and connectivity offer fantastic opportunities for the culture sector, which is distinguished by the production of innovative content and quality, and in this bet, the Roman Theater today gives an important He passed".

Source: CARM