HOLO×TALS

The HOLO×TALS project aims to contribute to the dissemination, in a unique way, of the didactic material within the Grigore Cobălcescu Museum of Mineralogy and Petrography. Its main goal is the integration of interactive and immersive 3D technologies, at very low cost compared to VR, with a direct impact on the teaching–learning–evaluation process. The technology uses red-cyan anaglyph 3D glasses to create a stereoscopic depth effect, turning a regular monitor into a volumetric one (a hologram-like, embossed image).

Another novelty is that the system tracks the position of the user’s head (using the web camera) to change the perspective of the objects and 3D space. It thus renders holographic 3D images depending on the viewer’s position, while one can still interact with the objects in various ways using the mouse, keyboard and other peripherals.