Das Labor für digitale Umgebungen in Bildung, Kunst und Kulturerbe (EARTHLab) widmet sich der Didaktik und Forschung zu digitalen Umgebungen für die Kunst- und Kulturerbeerziehung. Es entwickelt insbesondere immersive digitale Umgebungen für pädagogische Erfahrungen mit Kunst und materiellem/immateriellem Kulturerbe sowie für Museums- und Ausstellungserlebnisse, auch als angewandte Spiele. Das EARTH_LAB ist mit Technologien für die Digitalisierung des Kulturerbes ausgestattet, wie z. B. 3D-Laserscannern, Instrumenten für die terrestrische und flächenhafte Photogrammetrie und 360°-Sphärenaufnahmen.
Research topics
- Digitales Kulturerbe und Kulturerbevermittlung
- Immersive Lernumgebungen
- Extended Reality für Kunst und Kulturerbe
- Phygitale Erfahrungen für das Kulturerbe
- 3D-Digitalisierung und digitale Dokumentation
- Künstliche Intelligenz für das Kulturerbe
- Applied Games und Gamification
- Barrierearme und inklusive Kulturerbeerfahrungen
Main projects
BrHEDE – Bressanone: Heritage Education in Digital Environments
2026–2027
EARTH LAB’s role: scientific coordination
Keywords: Brixen-Bressanone, South Tyrol, digital heritage, urban heritage, 3D city model, laser scanning, drone survey, 3D printing, applied games, heritage education
Echoed Nature – Interactive Exhibition on Biodiversity Loss and New Encounters in South Tyrol
2025–2026
Project: Embodied Data Lab – EDALAB
EARTH LAB’s role: responsibility for the augmented reality technologies and the 3D digitisation of the collection objects
Keywords: biodiversity, natural heritage, augmented reality, 3D digitisation, museum collections, interactive installation, phygital experience, museum experience, South Tyrol
The installation was developed within EDALAB, a project focused on the creation of interactive and embodied data-driven experiences, funded through the PNRR iNEST – Spoke 6. The exhibition was hosted by the South Tyrol Museum of Nature.
THROUGH THE CITY – Co-design of Immersive Serious Games for Urban and Peri-urban Landscape Education (PRIN 2022)
2023–2026
EARTH LAB’s role: scientific coordination
Keywords: urban heritage, peri-urban landscapes, immersive serious games, co-design, virtual reality, augmented reality, gamification, secondary education
iNEST – Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem
2022–2026
EARTH LAB’s role: coordination of VR/AR/XR and gamification activities
Keywords: innovation ecosystem, cultural tourism, virtual reality, augmented reality, extended reality, gamification, interactive experiences, heritage enhancement
ModByz – Modern Byzantiums: Receiving and Reinventing Byzantine Architecture in France and Italy, 19th–20th Centuries
2021–2022
EARTH LAB’s role: scientific coordination
Keywords: Byzantine architecture, digital heritage, 3D digitisation, digital documentation, photogrammetry, georeferencing, digital mapping, architectural reception, historical sources, France and Italy
Digital_FEED – Gamification in Digital Environments for Heritage Education
2021–2024
EARTH LAB’s role: scientific coordination
Keywords: South Tyrol, Bozen-Bolzano, Brixen-Bressanone, heritage education, gamification, serious games, applied games, immersive environments, interactive learning, schools, museums, multilingual experiences
B-DIGITAL – Digital Bozen and Brixen: Documentation, Enhancement and Educational Processes for Heritage
2020–2024
EARTH LAB’s role: scientific coordination
Keywords: South Tyrol, Bozen-Bolzano, Brixen-Bressanone, digital heritage, 3D documentation, laser scanning, drone photogrammetry, 360° photography, virtual reality, serious games, urban heritage
VAR.HEE – Virtual and Augmented Reality for Heritage Education in School and Museum Experience
2018–2021
EARTH LAB’s role: scientific coordination
Keywords: virtual reality, augmented reality, heritage education, art education, school learning, museum experience, digital environments, cognitive validation
Other Research Projects
VISIBILIA – Visualisation of Picturebooks through Image-to-3D and Liminal Inferential Augmentation
2025–2027
EARTH LAB’s role: project conception and development
Keywords: picturebooks, image-to-3D, generative artificial intelligence, augmented reality, urban representation, visual inference, latent spatiality, digital modelling
AuTaFraMa – Augmenting the Tabernacles of the Marangoni Brothers
2022–ongoing
EARTH LAB’s role: project conception and development
Keywords: wooden heritage, 3D digitisation, rapid photogrammetry, FFF 3D printing, haptic perception, augmented reality, accessibility, inclusive heritage
AuToBael – Augmenting the Tower of Babel / Digital Turris Babel
2022–2023
EARTH LAB’s role: project conception and development
Keywords: Tower of Babel, Athanasius Kircher, graphic analysis, digital modelling, augmented reality, visual recognition, imaginary architecture, historical iconography
Equipment and technologies
3D-Vermessung und Digitalisierung
- Terrestrischer Laserscanner FARO Focus
- 3D-Laserscanner Leica BLK360
- Strukturlichtbasierter 3D-Scanner Artec Eva
- Handgeführter 3D-Scanner EINSTAR
Virtuelle Realität und immersive Technologien
- VR-Headsets Meta Quest 3
- VR-Headsets Meta Quest Pro
Fotografie und Bilderfassung
- Digitale Vollformat-Spiegelreflexkamera Canon EOS 6D Mark II
- Objektive mit 35 mm, 50 mm, 85 mm und 70–210 mm
- 360°-Kameras von Kodak und Insta360
- Präzisions-Panoramakopf für Panoramafotografie
- Professionelles Studio-Beleuchtungsset
Luftbildvermessung und Photogrammetrie
- Drohne der Serie DJI Mini Pro
- Ausrüstung für terrestrische und luftgestützte Photogrammetrie
Workstations und Computer
- Desktop-Workstations mit NVIDIA-GPUs
- Mobile Workstations mit NVIDIA-GPUs
- Apple MacBook Pro
- Apple MacBook Air
Tablets und mobile Endgeräte
- iPad Pro in den Formaten 10,5/11 Zoll und 12,9 Zoll
- iPad Air
- Samsung-Galaxy-Tablets
- Apple iPhone Pro
- Xiaomi Redmi Note
Digitale Fertigung
- 3D-Drucker UltiMaker 2+
- Großformat-3D-Drucker Raise3D Pro2 Plus
People
EduSpace Head: Alessandro LuiginiTeam: Francesca Condorelli, Giuseppe Nicastro, Barbara Tramelli
Room: BX A2.31
Address: Regensburger Allee 16 Brixen
Contact: earthlab@unibz.it