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By Erica Casareto

How can digital technologies help us discover, understand, and experience cultural heritage in new ways? This was the central question of From 3D Data to XR Experiences: Forum on the Future of Cultural Heritage Technologies, held in Poznań, Poland.

The event marked the final milestone of the European 3DBigDataSpace project and brought together researchers and professionals working at the intersection of cultural heritage and digital technologies. Through presentations and discussion, participants explored how 3D data can move beyond documentation to support research, knowledge sharing, and new ways of engaging with the past.

Turin1911 was among the initiatives featured through the 3DBigDataSpace Open Calls, in a programme that showcased different approaches to digital cultural heritage.

Today, digital models and reconstructions offer much more than a way to visualise places and objects. When combined with historical sources and organised as accessible, connected data, they can help us explore the past from different perspectives and make research available to wider audiences.

The forum also looked at the possibilities offered by extended reality (XR), opening up a discussion about how digital resources can become the starting point for immersive experiences and new forms of cultural storytelling.

The meeting in Poznań provided an opportunity to connect projects and ideas from across Europe, highlighting a shared ambition: to make cultural heritage more accessible and to ensure that the digital resources created today can continue to be explored and reused in the future.