Ukrainian Experience of VR-reconstruction of Historical and Cultural Heritage Objects

The purpose of the article is to analyze the existing projects of virtualization of historical and cultural heritage objects in Ukraine.

The research methodology is based on the application of a system method, which is the basis for the study of phenomena related to virtualism.

The scientific novelty is that for the first time the article analyzes the Ukrainian experience of VR-reconstruction of historical and cultural heritage sites.

Conclusions. The attention is drawn to the lack of a list of cultural heritage items to be digitized in Ukraine, as well as standards for creating a digital resource to ensure accessibility, active and efficient use, compatibility and data exchange at the local and international levels, preservation of the created resource and its updating. The emphasis is placed on the capabilities of IT in the field of preservation and management of historical and cultural heritage: from the creation of information systems, the use of various security systems in the preservation of cultural heritage, control and monitoring of architectural monuments and other cultural values, creation and maintenance of cultural values, web-technologies – to the use of visualization technologies and virtual reality technologies used to reproduce lost or damaged cultural heritage sites, etc. The essence and features of VR-projects “Pocket Country”, “Trakhtemyriv-Digital”, “Castles 360: Transcarpathia”, the project on the three-dimensional construction of the Serednie Castle, “Pinzel. AR”, VR-development Pixelated Realities and AERO 3D, “Authentic Ukraine: intangible cultural heritage”, “Tustan_virtual”, “Digital museum collections of the Kyiv fortress”. The mention is made of the unique digital platform “Ukrainian National Intelligence”, designed to provide access to the digitized cultural heritage of Ukraine. It is concluded that the analysis of existing projects for digitization of cultural heritage sites urgently requires the development of a strategy for building a future digital collection, which should take into account the planning of the digitization process; coordination of legal issues; compliance with generally accepted management standards and principles; support access and preservation of the created digital resource.