Research & Development

Promoting cultural heritage through research and development activity

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Project referred to in Directorial Decree no. 385 of 19/10/2022 and attached Public Notice PNRR – Digital Transition, Cultural and Creative Organisations

Protocol TOCC 0001848
CUP code: C57J23000600008
COR code: 15906905

Project title: ArtCentrica Unreal / VirtualMuseum, Multiplayer Web Application for Immersive Teaching

Project description: Application that enables three-dimensional multiplayer experiences for collaborative learning of art history, integrated with gamification elements and guided teaching tools.

The software has the following main features:

  • Immersive 3D navigation of reconstructed museum environments
  • Real-time collaborative use via WebRTC/WebSockets
  • Avatar management, voice chat and multiplayer interaction
  • Teacher-student cooperative mode
  • Integrated teaching tools (quizzes, objectives, missions)
  • Teacher dashboard for educational direction
  • WebGL and desktop/mobile device compatibility.
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Tuscany Region

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ERDF TUSCANY 2021-2027

Action 1.1.3 ‘Services for innovation’ – Digital Enterprise Call for Proposals

CUP CIPE: D17H24000140009
CUP Loc. 14630.30062023.037031817_1358

Project title: Platform for learning art
Support from the ERDF Regional Operational Programme for Tuscany 2021-2027 for €85,920

Project description:
Centrica has developed ArtCentrica, an EDUTECH platform for teaching art history, enhanced with innovative modules based on AI and Augmented Reality.
The new modules include automatic image segmentation with semantic recognition, an advanced cybersecurity system for multi-level protection, and an AR module for accessing information about works in museums.
It also includes a module for integration with standard APIs and open image repositories.

Innovacultura

With the project ‘The interactive-immersive cloud platform for cultural storytelling’, we want to create a digital network that connects cultural sites in the Lombardy region. Through innovative technologies, we want to offer an accessible cultural experience that engages younger generations.

The digital platform will be available in Italian and English, and exploring it will allow users to learn about and share the artistic and cultural works of the two places involved, the ‘Museo Archeologico della Valle Sabbia’ and the ‘Museo Civico Polironiano di San Bendetto Po’, with the possibility of integrating educational programmes within schools, thus ensuring a circular economic flow.

All this has been made possible through the Innovacultura call for proposals by the Lombardy Region, which, with its contribution of approximately €168,000, supports the entire project we have designed for a total amount of €249,000.

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Tuscany Region

Project co-financed by the POR FESR Tuscany 2014-2020

Action 3.1.1 sub Az 3.1.1.1 a3)

"Aid for the containment and contrast of the epidemiological emergency COVID 19" "Tuscany investment fund - investment aid" pursuant to Executive Decree no. 14508 of 17/09/2020 NOTICE "Tuscany investment fund"

CUP Operation: D14E20003860009
Project title: DIGITEX

Call for TUSCANY INVESTMENT FUND

The goal of the DIGITEX (Digital Experience) project is to increase business potential and improve Centrica's production processes in order to make them more scalable and to support the company's growth in terms of revenues and margins, of employment capacity, of internationalization to seize the opportunities on the market generated by the COVID-19 emergency. The project was completed thanks to the financial support received from the European Union.

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Research lines

  • Digital reproduction in very high resolution: purchase of new and updated hardware, related editing and management software and increase in employment;
  • Cataloging: Acquisition of new software for cataloging / annotating library, archival and photographic assets to complete our technical and service offer and to propose this integrated solution with our other platforms;
  • Software: Content management software platforms to enhance our ArtCentrica platform;
  • Realization of interactive and immersive exhibitions: leasing fees for rental of equipment for the realization of the above exhibitions and increase in employment.
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Social Museum & Smart Tourism

Our company is committed to promoting cultural heritage through research and development activity. The Social Museum & Smart Tourism project has been underway since 2014, with the aim to respond to the new needs of cultural tourists. With the creation of ICT solutions and innovative technologies, we want to offer the visitor a personalized experience in terms of contents and methods of use; and at the same time try to solve the critical issues encountered by cultural institutions during traditional tour visits, favoring management by stakeholders.

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Research lines

  • New wireless communication protocols for the Internet of Things (IoT);
  • Computer vision solutions for the recognition of images framed by tourists’ mobile devices;
  • Computer vision solutions to extract in real time information on flows and group behaviors and on anomalous events such as queues, blocks, etc .;
  • Extended user profiling solutions in social network field;
  • Advanced solutions of augmented reality and 3D visualization for the use of contents.
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