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Further Information www.alapp.eu www.antoninewall.org www.deutsche-limeskommission.de @RomanLimesApps C D DV Centre for Digital D ocumentation and Visualisation Below: Wine Barrel, 3D model Crown Copyright HES Below: Scanning at Rough Castle Fort © Crown Copyright HES Below Left: Oriental mask, Eining © Archaeological State Collection Munich; Manfred Eberlein Below Right: Statue of Mars, Eining-Weinberg © Archaeological State Collection Munich; Manfred Eberlein Creating digital resources for the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site. The Sites The Antonine Wall and the German Limes are part of the Europe wide ‘Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site’ (FREWHS). Above: Digital reconstruction Above: App testing of Bar Hill Fort © CDDV © Crown Copyright HES This represents the limits of the Roman Empire in the second century AD. A network of frontiers stretched This project will use digital models, 3D scans, The Partnership from the Atlantic coast in the west, to the Black Sea augmented reality and traditional interpretation, in the east; from central Scotland in the north, to the such as video and text, to create an engaging and ALApp brings together an experienced group of fringes of the Sahara Desert in the south. interactive experience for visitors across the Frontiers digital and heritage specialists: of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site. The FREWHS includes the remains of the ditches, • Historic Environment Scotland is the lead public banks, forts, watchtowers and military roads, body set up to investigate, care for and promote amongst other elements, required to keep the Roman The Project Scotland’s historic environment. Empire secure. The Advanced Limes Applications (ALApp) project • The Bavarian Museum Service is a department In Scotland, work will focus on the sites at Duntocher, brings together Scottish, German and Austrian of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Bearsden, Croy Hill, Watling Lodge, Kinneil and partners to create a mobile app platform and exciting Protection, Government of Bavaria. Rough Castle. These include some of the most visible new visitor content for the Frontiers of the Roman forts, and the best preserved bath-house, along the Empire World Heritage Site. • The CDDV is a collaboration between heritage Antonine Wall. The sites are spread across the central specialists at Historic Environment Scotland and belt of Scotland, easily accessible from major towns The application of new technology promises to experts in 3D visualisation at The Glasgow School and cities. make the visitor experience more interactive, of Art’s Digital Design Studio. through the use of augmented reality and 3D virtual The Bavarian contribution will focus on the area reconstructions. Visitors will be notified by their • Edufilm und medien GmbH, based in Austria, around the Roman fort of Eining (known to the phones as they pass ‘points of interest’ and will be specialises in the production of digital applications Romans as Abusina), which is extremely rich in able to watch videos, ‘handle’ virtual objects, or in a heritage context. Roman sites, monuments and finds. Marking the explore reconstructed 3D environments. point where the Raetian Limes ends at the Danube, Together, the partners intend to share knowledge, the landscape includes an auxiliary fort, a short lived The completed app will improve understanding and both academic and technological, to create new and vexillation fortress, river and road crossings, civil access for users on-site, but also for those who may effective ways to appeal to a wide range of heritage settlements, farmsteads and sanctuaries, set in the want to visit ‘virtually’ from elsewhere. It will also audiences. Once the app is completed, the platform rolling hills north of the modern town of Neustadt form a bridge between the sites and their artefacts, will then be shared for free with colleagues in other an der Donau. which are often housed in museums many miles away. parts of the FREWHS to allow them to add their own content. .