About the Event

The FESTMAT 2024 – National Mathematics Festival, occurred between September 5th and 7th, on-site, at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro. This third edition had aproximately 20 thousand people, with the presence of student of 460 schools.

The event aimed to present mathematics in a fun and playful way to the participants, who were mostly children and teenagers. In this sence, the Neferhotep 360 experience was shown in the Space-XR stand, taking the public on an immersive experience inside Neferhotep’s tomb.

Space-XR Stand

The Space-XR stand was divided into two spaces, the first was destined to the explanation of the research. For that, historians and members of the National Museum spoke to the public and showed a 3D print of Neferhotep’s tomb, together with a slideshow showing images and details of the expedition.

In the second space the Neferhotep 360 film was shown in Meta Quest 2 glasses, as seen below.

Additionally, some participants gave interviews talking about what they felt while watching the film, as can be seen here.

The Neferhotep 360 was considered by the participants one of the most surprizing experiences of the FestMat 2024, according to this poll at Instagram.

Talk

On the first day of the event, the project colaborators Bernardo Alevato, Pedro Von Seehausen and Sergio Azevedo talked about the creative process of the film Neferhotep 360. The talk was divided into three parts. In the first, Sergio Azevedo introduced the Lapid laboratory, as well as their activities and projects, and also highlighted the partnership with the Visgraf Lab and Biodesign Lab to form the Space-XR group and create V-Horus and Neferhotep 360 experiences.

The second speaker was Pedro von Seehausen, who spoke in more depth about the tomb and its photograph register. Then, Bernardo Alevato finish the talk explain the creative and editing process of the 360 filme and comparing this approach with the adopted in the V-Horus experience.