Extended Reality (XR) and Cloud–Based BIM Platform Development

Extended reality (XR), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) for the digitization of cultural heritage are proving remarkably successful in different fields of application. The convergence of innovative methods, latest–generation technologies, and software applications for the representation, storage, transmission of tangible and intangible values of architecture, turn out to be increasingly decisive both in supporting the project’s needs of the professionals involved in the valorisation and management of the built cultural heritage and in enhancing the transmission of computer–generated perceptual information for all types of users (expert and non–expert). For those reasons, this article presents research focused on the development of an open–source cloud–based BIM platform and XR projects capable of sharing a knowledge process based on new levels of interactivity and digital creativity.