EVA 2007 London Conference ~ 11–13 July P. A. Bertacchini, R. Beusing, A. Bursche, G. Conti, R. De Amicis, M. Etz, D. Holweg, M. T. Linaza, T. Maver, A. Posluschny, D. Pritchard, S. Sievers, A. Tavernise _____________________________________________________________________ 1 NETCONNECT – CONNECTING EUROPEAN CULTURE THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGY Pier Augusto Bertacchini University of Calabria Ponte P. Bucci Arcavacata di Rende (CS) Italy pa.bertacchini@unical.it Giuseppe Conti Fondazione Graphitech Salita dei Molini 2 Villazzano (TN) Italy conti@graphitech.it Ruth Beusing RGC Palmengartenstr. 10-12 Frankfurt/M. Germany beusing@rgk.dainst.de Raffaele De Amicis Fondazione Graphitech Salita dei Molini 2 Villazzano (TN) Italy rda@graphitech.it Aleksander Bursche Uniwersytet Warszawski Krakowskie Przedm. 26/28 Warszawa Poland abursche@yahoo.com Markus Etz Fraunhofer IGD Fraunhoferstrasse 5 Darmstadt Germany markus.etz@igd.fhg.de Daniel Holweg Fraunhofer IGD Fraunhoferstrasse 5 Darmstadt Germany daniel.holweg@idg.fhg.de Axel Posluschny RGC Palmengartenstr. 10-12 Frankfurt/M. Germany posluschny@rgk.dainst.de Assunta Tavernise University of Calabria Ponte P. Bucci Arcavacata di Rende Italy tavernise@unical.it Maria T. Linaza VICOMTech Mikeletegi Pasealekua, 57 Donostia / San Sebastián, Spain mtlinaza@vicomtech.es Douglas Pritchard Glasgow School of Art 67 Renfrew St. Glasgow Scotland d.pritchard@gsa.ac.uk Thomas W. Maver Glasgow School of Art 67 Renfrew St. Glasgow Scotland t.w.maver@strath.ac.uk Susanne Sievers RGC Palmengartenstr. 10-12 Frankfurt/M. Germany sievers@rgk.dainst.de Abstract This paper illustrates the aim of the NETConnect project which is to provide that broad view by supporting cross-site cultural connection of three prominent European archaeological sites. The project creates an IT infrastructure capable to provide the public with a wide range of experiences, ranging from the interaction with on-site mobile devices to georeferenced real-time 3D visualisation systems. The aim is to promote a more