The Rock Church of San Micidiario of the Pantalica Site and 3DLAB VR/AR–Project

This work gives the first results of a research project funded by the Sicily region, aimed at the creation of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) models, in the context of some country of the territory of Sicily with UNESCO listed monuments. This project sees the collaboration between some universities on the island and some partners who produce software and automated robotics systems and AI. Below are the first results of the workflow produced for the creation of 3D models of one of the three rock churches of the necropolis of Pantalica: an Unesco site. It also describes the process underway to get to the creation of VR and AR models to be used with three different levels of immersive reality: normal commercial viewers, different types of Oculus viewers, or in special virtual rooms Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE), already existing or created within the project.