New multimedia book about the digital presenting cultural heritage

The book “Presentation and preservation of cultural heritage by using virtual and expanded reality” by Selma Rizvić, Dušanka Bošković and Ivone Ivković-Kihić describes Sarajevo Graphics Group's research group, from the University of Sarajevo Faculty of Electric Engineering from 2016 to 2022. It is a continuation of the publishing of the methodology and technique of computer graphics, which has developed and applied this team, expanded with a multidisciplinary team of writers, director, actor, scenography, costume designers, music artists, editor, cameramen, make-up Artist and designers, gathered in the Association for Digitization and Informatization of Cultural Heritage - DIGI.BA.

Digital cultural heritage projects were presented to the techniques of virtual and extended reality. Participation in H2020 ImareCulture Project, Production of the first VR films in Bosnia and Herzegovina, development of multiplayer VR applications within the Creative Europe project Real Heroes, and a large number of local and international projects. The research results of many of these projects were published over the years at scientific conferences and in English magazines, but this is the first publication of these research in Bosnian, which is given the opportunity of BH. The public to acquaint with the results of digitization and multimedia presentation of the cultural heritage that this team has achieved.

The book was issued in electronic format and freely available at the link: https://people.etf.unsa.ba/~srizvic/presentation_i_ocuvanje_kulturnog_naslijedja.pdf

The title of each chapter leads to the trailer video or website of the project described. The book is written in language understandable that the wider population of readers interested in the possibilities and results of the use of digital technologies in the presentation, preservation and popularization of cultural heritage.“