Dreux in the Renaissance: A fun, immersive app exploring the town's historic heritage!

The town of Dreux, located in the Centre-Val de Loire region, is a veritable treasure trove of historical heritage. To celebrate its Renaissance heritage, the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Dreux has created an immersive tourism and cultural app: "Dreux à la Renaissance". The app uses augmented reality to offer visitors an immersive experience of the town's glorious past. In this article, we'll take a closer look at the app, its content, its purpose for the city of Dreux and the work of OHRIZONthe company that developed it.

The "Dreux à la Renaissance" application lets users explore the town of Dreux, finding geolocated places and following in the footsteps of an unusual druid "stuck" in the wrong era. Thanks to realistic immersive 3D models created in collaboration with historians, users find themselves plunged into the past, during the Renaissance.

The "Dreux in the Renaissance" application focuses on Drius, the mythical druid founder of the town of Dreux.

Drius, a prisoner of time, needs the public's help to find a magic formula that will enable him to create a temporal exit door.

The immersive app features a series of puzzles, interpretive games and augmented reality experiences to help Drius return to his own time.

Starting from the Museum of Art and History, users embark on a thrilling adventure, solving puzzles and games directly inspired by the city's heritage. The 3D avatar of the druid Drius, fully animated in 3D, guides them on their quest. For the winners, a breathtaking augmented reality experience of Drius marks the resolution of the adventure.

Thanks to the "Dreux à la Renaissance" app, users can discover the treasures of Dreux's Renaissance heritage in a fun, interactive way. The immersive app features :

Users can take a virtual tour of emblematic Dreux landmarks such as the château, the historic center and Saint-Pierre church. Realistic 3D immersive models plunge users into the heart of the Renaissance era, offering a unique and captivating experience.

The "Dreux à la Renaissance" application bears witness to the growing importance of augmented reality in the field of cultural mediation. By combining advanced technologies such as augmented reality, geolocation and 3D modeling, this application offers an innovative way of discovering and understanding a town's historical heritage.

Augmented reality enables users to enjoy an immersive, interactive experience, blending the virtual and the real. Thanks to this technology, visitors can immerse themselves in the past, explore historic sites, interact with a virtual character and learn more about the city's history.

The "Dreux à la Renaissance" application was developed thanks to our expertise in augmented reality and cultural mediation. OHRIZON rose to the challenge of creating a captivating scenario centered around the character of Drius, the druid founder of Dreux. Thanks to our expertise in 3D modeling and mobile application development, OHRIZON created a unique immersive augmented and interactive reality experience.

OHRIZON worked closely with the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Dreux to ensure the historical accuracy of the application's modeling and content. The result is an application rich in historical detail, offering users an educational and entertaining experience.

The "Dreux à la Renaissance" application is much more than just a virtual guided tour. It's an immersive, interactive experience that allows users to plunge into the glorious past of the town of Dreux during the Renaissance. Thanks to augmented reality, users can explore historic sites, interact with virtual characters and learn more about the town's history.

This application testifies to the growing importance of augmented reality in cultural mediation and its potential to offer unique and captivating experiences. Thanks to OHRIZON, historical heritage can be preserved and transmitted in an innovative and immersive way.

Let yourself be transported back in time and discover Dreux's Renaissance heritage in a totally new way with the immersive "Dreux à la Renaissance" app.

A thrilling adventure awaits you!