Virtual Diving App – Virtual Reality experience for enabling remote accessibility to UCH

Virtual Diving App transforms Underwater Cultural Heritage into accessible digital experiences. Leveraging high-resolution 3D digitization, VR environments, and interactive storytelling, it enables institutions, NGOs, and tourism operators to offer fully explorable 6DOF virtual dives, with no equipment required. Ideal for exhibitions, education, and destination promotion, the platform increases audience reach and engagement while supporting sustainable tourism strategies. Key Features

• Immersive, fully navigable 6DOF 3D environments
• High-fidelity 3D models of each site integrated with reproductions of the flora and fauna typical of the area, contextualising both the underwater environment and the surrounding emerged (above-water) landscape
• Points of interest of historical-archaeological, biological and educational/divulgative character, organised along guided exploration routes
• Scalable content for multiple sites and audiences
• Cloud-based content management
• Digital storytelling through:
  • Multilanguage support for texts, audio descriptions, videos and UIs
  • Virtual hypothetical reconstructions
  • 360° panoramas/videos
• Easy-to-use, easily demonstrable system, suitable for non-expert audiences
• No motion sickness, thanks to high frame rates (high FPS) and full 6DOF movement
• Ready for integration in museums, visitor centers, and digital platforms
• Standalone application, compatible with Meta Quest 3/3S (and other devices)
• Accessible experience that overcomes the physical barriers of depth and geographic location, as well as personal impediments preventing real diving — bringing UCH and marine habitats to everyone

Additional services: Alongside the software license, 3D Research provides dedicated services to support adopters in tailoring the Virtual Diving App to their own UCH sites:

• Underwater digitization of UCH sites 
• Scenario preparation per UCH site
• Storytelling content development per UCH site (available in English plus additional languages)
• Virtual hypothetical 3D reconstructions, with scope and complexity depending on the type of reconstruction.