“Virtual Futuna examines the photogrammetric documentation of heritage buildings and its potential application in research and public dissemination. The interior of New Zealand’s Futuna Chapel, a modernist masterpiece, was documented using photogrammetry to digitally stitch together 2D images to generate a 3D virtual reality model. An accessible and replicable process for documenting heritage buildings was developed, using only affordable consumer-level devices and applications. The resulting VR model now offers virtual visits to the chapel and was used to research ways to make experiences of Futuna’s digital twin engaging and valuable. This work revealed that site-specific human stories could build connections between visitors and their virtual experiences of a heritage building. Virtual Futuna prototypes enable visitors to interact with stories from the chapel’s past in an immersive virtual environment and contribute their own Futuna experiences to a growing media archive.”

See also: https://www.ars.nz/virtual-futuna

Presentation video: https://youtu.be/JzawXvv69ag