Remediating the historical city. Ubiquitous augmented reality for cultural heritage enhancement

Abstract

The chapter presents the outcomes of an experience that rises from the realization of L’Aquila Smart City (Italy). Its realization roots on the possibly given by the realization of a smart tunnel with a net of optical fibers and by 5G mobile networking. This system of real time and diffused data computing and transmission allows the project of a ubiquitous Augmented Reality (AR) application. It favors the relationship between buildings and urban spaces with different kind of information, mainly of visual nature, such as 3D models, images, videos, texts. This interdisciplinary study gives the opportunity to develop a theoretical and methodological reflection on AR as mixed-media and on the relation that it establishes between tangible heritage and information, also in relation with the current post-digital approach to cultural heritage.