BENEFITS OF UTILIZING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS

1. Safety of the Artifacts Themselves

1.1. 3D Scanners

1.1.1. Non-Contact Technique

1.1.2. Entirely Objective

1.1.3. Mapping Archaeological Sites

1.1.4. Scanning Artifacts

2. More Efficient Discourse

2.1. Innovative Techniques and Methodologies

2.1.1. Visually simulate effects over time

2.1.2. Restoration and Reconstruction

2.1.3. Quantitative analyses

2.2. Easier to share information

2.3. Image vs. Text

2.3.1. People naturally enjoy pictures more than text

2.3.2. Text is linear

3. Villa of Livia

3.1. Archaeological Context

3.2. Integration of Top-Down and Bottom-up Methodologies

4. Nu.M.E.

4.1. Purpose was to visualize the changes in the city of Bologna over time from the 13th Century to the Present

4.2. Allows user to see the city of Bologna as it did to its inhabitants