Lab In Virtuo

Last updated on Aug 27, 2026

Augmented-reality visualisation of Brest's former swing bridge in its present-day waterfront setting

Lab In Virtuo is an ANR-funded research project coordinated by Ronan Querrec. It brings together virtual and augmented reality, knowledge engineering, and digital humanities to study and share industrial cultural heritage.

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Augmented-reality internship

Lucas Bernin · Master’s internship

Lucas Bernin developed an augmented-reality prototype exploring how an on-site experience could help visitors visualize Brest’s former swing bridge.

Lucas Bernin

Master’s student in computer science at Université de Bretagne Occidentale, working on augmented reality.

Prototype

Developed with Unity and ARCore, the prototype placed the historical 3D model in its original setting and linked it to points of interest.

Field tests compared several ways of anchoring the reconstruction; visual recognition of the nearby commemorative plaque provided the most stable result.

Visualisations

Cultural Heritage