When the Real Really Means: VR and AR Experiences in Real Environments

During this past year the Laboratory for eXtended Realities (DIDA–LXR) from the DIDALABS sys-tem at the Department of Architecture at the University of Florence, has experienced a various number of activities. Most of them linked together digital modelling of no longer existing architectures and still in place Built Heritage. Others were aimed to develop an “Augmented Virtual Reality” using specific environments/locations (for example a boat) to enhance the sensations of the user during the experience. Some others were based on direct VR shooting, using advanced panoramic cameras and creating a point of view compliant with the specific impressions that the place should transmit. In the contribution proposed here the AR, VR and XR experiences from this personal research will be presented sharing the specific subjects, the evaluation of usable technologies, the strategy for shoot-ing, survey, processing and post–processing, the dissemination of ideas and the lesson learnt.