Mixed Reality for the Monumental Heritage. A First Test.

This short paper presents the first results obtained in developing a Mixed Reality application to support maintenance and inspection activities performed in Milan Cathedral building site. Up to now Cultural Heritage applications have been relegated to tourism, leisure, and virtual museums activities, but as it is happening in many other fields, MR could improve building inspectors’ workflow allowing for cost reduction and timesaving. Milan Cathedral constitutes an excellent case study, a top example for its periodic maintenance and inspection interventions. MR could potentially give an enormous contribution in terms of exchange and dissemination of information among the many practitioners working on the Cathedral yard. On this line, a prototype is currently being developed to support Milan Cathedral yard activities with some initial positive results.