- ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
- A cura di Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
The “Marino VR experience”: designing and evaluating the effectiveness of a virtual reality application for imaginary heritage fruition
- Ramona Quattrini
- Paolo Pieruccini
- Leonardo Crescimbeni
- Gabriele Bernardini
- Enrico Quagliarini
- © 2026 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.105
Virtual Reality (VR) can interpret and communicate not only existing cultural heritage, but also “non-existent” or imaginary heritage, while raising issues of accuracy, realism and hallucination avoidance. This paper explores VR as a tool for translating literary ekphrasis into embodied experience, through an application inspired by Giovan Battista Marino’s La Galeria (1619). The experience develops a two-part spatial narrative, the Gallery and the Camerino, combining architectural typology, symbolic interaction, sound and user participation. Tested with questionnaires on over 60 users, the application fostered engagement, comfort and interest, showing how VR can support the communication of imaginary heritage beyond real-world reconstruction.
- Keywords:
- Virtual reality,
- Imaginary heritage,
- Immersive storytelling,
- Cultural heritage,
- User experience,
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
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Titolo del capitolo
The “Marino VR experience”: designing and evaluating the effectiveness of a virtual reality application for imaginary heritage fruition
Autori
Ramona Quattrini, Paolo Pieruccini, Leonardo Crescimbeni, Gabriele Bernardini, Enrico Quagliarini
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.105
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
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14th International Congress Barcelona-Girona, 4-7 November
Curatori
Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
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10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0
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