Underwatermuse. Immersive Underwater Museum Experience for a wider inclusion

progetto Underwatermuse. Immersive Underwater Museum Experience for a wider inclusion (Application ID: 10048227) - 1st Standard Call for Proposals of the INTERREG V-A Italy – Croatia CBC Programme 2014 – 2020, approvato (nota JS Italia-Croatia Regione Veneto 02.08.2018 ref. n. 324692) (2019-in corso). The UnderwaterMuse project aims to enhance and promote the underwater heritage of the regions concerned, through the full involvement of local communities, so that it becomes a strategic resource for the sustainable growth of these territories. UnderwaterMuse has the ambition to make submerged heritage and landscapes accessible and to make visible the invisible: port areas today below sea level, shipwrecks, underwater stratifications produced by the continuous frequentation of landings. How? Through two types of action planning: the creation of underwater archaeological parks or blue ways for direct use, diving or snorkeling, and the narrative and communicative use of virtual reality and digital methodologies for remote / online use. This second line of the project, thanks to the immersive and emotional approach of virtual reality, makes underwater sites accessible to a wider audience, including people with different types of disabilities. In this way, the safeguarding of the heritage itself is guaranteed, protected by the citizens who learn to know it and recognize it as their own, and a strong economic impact deriving from the development of the cultural, environmental and experiential tourism sector.