Indiana University A digital archaeologist to

Indiana University

A digital archaeologist to unveil ancient Roman emperor's villa, virtually

 Indiana University’s first archaeo-informaticist, Bernie Frischer, will bring to life one of the Roman Empire’s best-known and best-preserved imperial villas -- Hadrian’s Villa -- during a public launch of the Digital Hadrian’s Villa Project on Friday, Nov. 22, in Washington, D.C.

Frischer, a digital archaeologist and one of the first academics to use 3-D computer modeling to reconstruct cultural heritage sites, spent five years leading the development of a 3-D virtual world modeling the Roman emperor Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli, Italy. The virtual simulation interprets the entire 250 acres and the more than 30 buildings of the second-century site.

Using a live 3-D multi-user online learning environment, visitors can interactively explore the entire villa complex. Arelated website documents the state of the site today and gives the scholarly background needed to understand the virtual simulation.

See more at http://news.iu.edu/releases/iu/2013/11/hadrians-villa.shtml

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