


All these examples use realistic models produced for documentation purposes, which convey the real impression of the monuments visualized to the userĭigital technologies have affected significantly many fields of computer graphics such as Games and especially the field of the Serious Games. Moreover the development of a virtual museum within a game development environment is presented, which provides the possibility to learn about each exhibit, but also it offers the opportunity to the user to closely examine the exhibits through rotating their three dimensional models. They concern the development of Serious Games for an archaeological site, which aim at the trivial or more specialized information dissemination about that site, while familiarizing the prospect visitor with the environment and the monuments of the site offering the possibility of virtually visiting them. In this paper this technological merger is explained and three interconnected applications are presented in order to prove the concept through these implementations. They constitute an attractive platform enabling people to get acquainted with the heritage treasures and get motivated to visit the place and admire the treasures live. Games and especially Serious Games can be put at the service of cultural heritage, education and tourism exploiting the aforementioned advances and especially the textured three dimensional models. At the same time the driving force of technology is the game industry.

In the field of cultural heritage, ICT (Information Communication Technologies) have enabled applications for the thorough multi-dimensional geometric documentation and consequently for the realistic visualization of monuments and artifacts. Recent advances in contemporary technologies have greatly affected everyday life.
