AR to Enhance and Raise Awareness of Inaccessible Archaeological Areas

This paper shows a research experience interested in exploring the potential of XR systems for the use and dissemination of knowledge about the architectural Heritage and, in particular, about those areas that are currently inaccessible. Specifically, the methodological approach adopted employs AR as a user friendly tool that, through the involvement of the user in experiences implemented by multimedia content, allows to highlight unexplored aspects of the Heritage. The experimentation carried out involved part of the Insula Episcopalis of Naples, investigating the relationship between the Basilica of Santa Restituta and the archaeological area below. To this end, the instrumental surveys carried out to understand the relationships that exist between the different parts of the Insula, were of support for the construction of the communication project, constituting in fact the reference model on which the tracking of the scene and the anchoring of the different information was based.