Transforming the image of a rural space into a photorealistic virtual reality and opening to a sustainable development

Abstract

The aim of the research was to create an "improved" virtual tour, which would allow the transformation of the image of a rural space into photorealistic virtual reality, through mobile scanning equipment and geomatic technique, to meet practical requirements: evaluation of the agricultural potential of the area, evaluation of the tourist potential, reconstruction of the urban space, territorial planning, etc, but also with theoretical implications in the scientific research in the field. The area of interest was scanned with the Leica Pegasus Backpack, a platform for capturing reality. With the help of the acquired data, a virtual tour of this village was made similar to Google Street View, but more complex due to the fact that LiDAR data were also purchased in addition to images during the scan, thus having the possibility to perform various measurements within virtual tour, made with Leica TruView and JetStream software. The inclusion of data in the virtual tour offers, in addition to measurable elements and the possibility of summative analysis of all components of physical space, from "strengths" to "opportunities" and "risks", data that are needed in the process of planning and sustainable development of space.