Over the course of this project tactile, enlarged, models of Roman coins will designed and fabricated. The models will be displayed a the the Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum and make at least a small part of the exhibition accessible to blind and visually impaired visitors. In addition to that the model will be used a general tool communicate the subject matter to visitors.
The tactile models are based on historic coins, digitized by the institute for Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology at the TU Wien. The design is based on results of previous research conducted on the matter in collaboration with the center for Virtual Reality and Visualization (VrVis).