Professional profile
Computer Scientist | Real-time 3D interaction and XR Specialist
Bruno Fanini (PhD in Computer Science) is a researcher at the CNR ISPC and he is part of the Digital Heritage Innovation Lab.
He focuses his research and development activities on real-time 3D visualization of complex and multi-dimensional data, immersive/XR interaction, and design of 3D user interfaces.
He investigates novel interaction metaphors with scientific data, alongside efficient visualization solutions for real-time applications for several years. He also applies these models to immersive XR presentation through HMDs (head-mounted displays) also involving natural interaction.
He designed and developed open-source Web3D/WebXR tools like the framework ATON, applied VR games, virtual museums (VMs), collaborative applications and internationally awarded interactive applications targeting Cultural Heritage.
He is responsible for different projects or work packages dealing with interactive 3D visualization, online Web3D/WebXR presentation, interaction metaphors, re-contextualization models and immersive XR.
Within HS research infrastructures, he focuses on solutions to accelerate deployment of services and to strengthen access targeting different scientific communities.
His activities also led him to focus his research on tools and services to support the analysis of large volumes of remote interactions - generated by web-applications, installations and equipment. This research, started through his PhD, also allowed him to design and develop new compact encoding models (like PRISMIN) targeting visual/immersive analytics, facilitating the understanding of complex interaction patterns.
CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors
- PE6_8 Computer graphics, computer vision, multimedia, computer games
- PE6_9 Human computer interaction and interface, visualisation
- SH8_1 Science and Technologies for Cultural Heritage
MUR Italian Scientific-Disciplinary Sector
- INFO‑01/A Computer Science
Groups & Labs CNR ISPC
Digital Heritage Innovation Lab →
Publications
Highlight
Fanini, B., Ferdani, D., Demetrescu, E., Berto, S., & d’Annibale, E. (2021). ATON: An open-source framework for creating immersive, collaborative and liquid web-apps for cultural heritage. Applied Sciences, 11(22), 11062. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app112211062
Fanini, B., & Gosti, G. (2024). A new generation of collaborative immersive analytics on the web: Open-source services to capture, process and inspect users’ sessions in 3D environments. Future Internet, 16(5), 147. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/fi16050147
Fanini, B., & Cinque, L. (2020). Encoding, exchange and manipulation of captured Immersive VR sessions for learning environments: The PRISMIN framework. Applied Sciences, 10(6). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app10062026
