CSPC - CRCA Artifacts Viewer

CSPC - CRCA Artifacts Viewer
Augmented Reality Digital Preservation for Rinconada Culture and the Arts

The CSPC - CRCA Artifacts Viewer is your personal, portable museum dedicated to digitally preserving and promoting the invaluable cultural artifacts and artworks of the Rinconada region in the Philippines. Developed by the Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges (CSPC) Center for Rinconada Culture and the Arts (CRCA), this application uses innovative Augmented Reality (AR) technology to overcome the limitations of physical exhibition space, making heritage accessible to everyone, everywhere.

The Problem We Solve
The CRCA often faces challenges in showcasing its collections due to the fragility of artifacts and the lack of a permanent physical museum. This app addresses these issues directly by:

Preserving Fragile Artifacts: Creating high-resolution, digitized 3D models to protect the physical items from deterioration and frequent handling.

Enhancing Accessibility: Making the complete collection available 24/7 to local students, researchers, tourists, and the global community.

Core Features: Experience Artifacts Like Never Before
The Application transforms passive viewing into an interactive, immersive experience:

Markerless Augmented Reality (AR) Visualization:

Place lifelike, high-resolution 3D models of Rinconada artifacts directly into your real-world environment using your device's camera.

This feature uses advanced Markerless AR for seamless, intuitive placement—no QR codes or physical markers are required.

Interact with the models by rotating, scaling, adjusting brightness, and examining intricate details as if the actual object were in the room with you.

Immersive 3D Gallery and Visualization:

Browse a comprehensive digital repository of artifacts and artworks from the Rinconada municipalities (Baao, Balatan, Bato, Buhi, Bula, Iriga, and Nabua).

Access detailed historical, cultural, and artist metadata for every item, enriching your knowledge of Rinconada’s unique heritage.

Offline Capability:

Download content (3D models and accompanying metadata) to your local device storage.

Continue to explore the artifacts and launch the AR feature even when you are without internet access.

Promotional Platform for Local Artists:

The app serves as a vital digital platform to showcase local Rinconada artists and their contributions, linking their profiles and biographies to their digitized artworks.

Who Should Use This App?
CSPC Students and Educators: A powerful resource for research, academic projects, and interactive learning about regional culture.

Researchers and Historians: Access to documented, high-fidelity 3D models and verified metadata for study purposes.

Tourists and Locals: A unique way to explore the region’s heritage and history directly through your mobile device.

By downloading the CSPC - CRCA Artifacts Viewer, you are not only gaining access to a remarkable digital collection but also actively supporting the preservation, growth, and promotion of Rinconada’s cultural artistry for future generations.

Device Compatibility:

Requires Android 10 or higher.

Requires ARCore Services supported device for Augmented Reality functionality.