This project explores how cultural heritage can be strengthened through digitisation, using Kolossi Castle as a case study. It was produced as the final project of an Erasmus course attended by multiple EUT+ partner universities, with mixed teams formed to ensure representation across institutions. Cyprus University of Technology hosted the programme, and our team focused on translating on-site research into a historically grounded digital story. The work ran from 9 Feb to 23 Feb, moving from research and prototyping into a completed media output. Our aim was to communicate not just the castle as an object, but its wider cultural role in shaping the valley during medieval peak periods.
The scope covered historical and architectural research from the on-site brochure and supporting online sources, a field visit to capture real-world reference media, and production of a reconstructed “back in the day” prototype using AI-assisted workflows. Teams were composed of participants from Cyprus University of Technology (host), Hochschule Darmstadt, Riga Technical University, Technical University of Sofia, and the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio.
Our group specifically was required to use the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, so we scoped the build around transforming our captured footage into a medieval re-visualisation while preserving the castle’s structure and proportions. The final deliverable was a stitched video prototype with narration and supporting visuals, produced within the course timeframe.
This work was developed collaboratively by students from diverse cultural backgrounds as part of a shared academic exploration.
The XR Experience Prototype:
Video Presentation:
Documentation:
Team members:
Andriana Ioannou, Anjie Gunatilake, Antonina Todorova, Beck
Tukhtaev, Blagovest Stankov, Federica D’Alessandro & Vasiliki Petrou
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