VAST: International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Intelligent Cultural Heritage - Short and Project Papers

3D Digitizing and Visualizing a Prehistoric Portable Art Object: a 12,000 Years Old "Bâton Percé"

Gerard Subsol, Pierre Bourdin, Francis Duranthon, and J. Braga

DOI: 10.2312/PE/VAST/VAST10S/041-044

Abstract:
In this paper, we present some results on 3D digitizing and visualizing a prehistoric portable art object. This 12,000 years old artifact was scanned with a surface scanner and with two volume scanners. With this last device, we can reach a high resolution which allows one to distinguish the engravings. It is not so easy to visualize and interact in 3D with such a complex object and we describe a framework composed of a stereoscopic visualization system coupled with a low-cost tangible interface based on a Wiimote.

Categories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS): J.2 [Computer Applications]: Physical Sciences and Engineering-Archaeology

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