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    • Analyzing Fracture Patterns in TheranWall Paintings 

      Shin, Hijung; Doumas, Christos; Funkhouser, Thomas; Rusinkiewicz, Szymon; Steiglitz, Kenneth; Vlachopoulos, Andreas; Weyrich, Tim (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      In this paper, we analyze the fracture patterns observed in wall paintings excavated from Akrotiri, a Bronze Age Aegean city destroyed by earthquakes preceding a volcanic eruption on Thera (modern Santorini) around 1630 ...
    • Rollouts of Fine Ware Pottery using High Resolution 3D Meshes 

      Bechtold, Sebastian; Krömker, Susanne; Mara, Hubert; Kratzmüller, Bettina (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      A common part of the documentation of archaeological finds is the drawing of so-called rollouts. Rollouts provide a complete and continuous depiction of graphical elements on the surface of rotation-symmetric objects and ...
    • LIDO and CRMdig from a 3D Cultural Heritage Documentation Perspective 

      Pitzalis, Denis; Niccolucci, Franco; Theodoriou, Maria; Doerr, Martin (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      The most important characteristic of Digital Libraries is their flexibility in exposing content. Typically a DL provides a search interface which allows resources to be found. These resources can be local or remote, depending ...
    • A Distributed Object Repository for Cultural Heritage 

      Pan, Xueming; Beckmann, Philipp; Havemann, Sven; Tzompanaki, K.; Doerr, Martin; Fellner, Dieter W. (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      This paper describes the design and the implementation of a distributed object repository that offers cultural heritage experts and practitioners a working platform to access, use, share and modify digital content. The ...
    • Exploration of Large-scale Museum Artifacts through Non-instrumented, Location-based, Multi-user Interaction 

      Zabulis, Xenophon; Grammenos, Dimitris; Sarmis, Thomas; Tzevanidis, Kostantinos; Argyros, Antonis A. (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      This paper presents a system that supports the exploration of digital representations of large-scale museum artifacts in through non-instrumented, location-based interaction. The system employs a state-of-the-art computer ...
    • ViSMan: an Open-Source Visualization Framework for Virtual Reconstructions and Data Management in Archaeology 

      Diamanti, Tiziano; Blasco, Pilar Diarte; Guidazzoli, Antonella; López, Maria Sebastián; Toffalori, Elena (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      This paper aims at analyzing some case-studies in Virtual Archaeology where 3d reconstructions have been used as a tool for visualization and spatial organization of structured archaeological data. ViSMan (Visual Scenarios ...
    • High Resolution Acquisition of Detailed Surfaces with Lens-Shifted Structured Light 

      Ritz, Martin; Scholz, Manuel; Goesele, Michael; Stork, Andre (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      We present a novel 3D geometry acquisition technique at high resolution based on structured light reconstruction with a low-cost projector-camera system. Using a 1D mechanical lens-shifter extension in the projector light ...
    • Semantic Enrichment of Geographic Data and 3D Models for the Management of Archaeological Features 

      Felicetti, Achille; Lorenzini, Matteo; Niccolucci, Franco (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      The present paper describes various technologies to link semantic information to 3D models during the process of management of 3D data and geometries used by the archaeologists for the reconstruction of ancient monuments ...
    • Natural Lighting, Gilts and Polychromy of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral 

      Callet, Patrick; Dumazet, Sylvain; Leclercq, Christophe; Politi, Carine (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      Lighting either natural or not in the european medieval architecture (roman period) is studied and simulated around a special and famous example. "Notre-Dame de Paris" cathedral and its polychromy are studied for many years ...
    • Fluid Interaction in Audio-Guided Museum Visit: Authoring Tool and Visitor Device 

      Kaghat, Fatima-Zahra; Cubaud, Pierre (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      This paper presents an integrated system for location aware museum audio guide supporting sound spatialization. This system consists of a multi-modal visitor device composed of a head position, an orientation tracker and ...
    • Removing Shadows for Color Projection Using Sun Position Estimation 

      Dellepiane, Matteo; Benedetti, Luca; Scopigno, Roberto (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      The result of an outdoors 3D scanning acquisition campaign is usually an accurate 3D model of the site, but in most of the cases the quality of the color acquired by the scanner is not satisfying. Alternative solutions, ...
    • A Repository for 3D Model Production and Interpretation in Culture and Beyond 

      Doerr, Martin; Tzompanaki, Katerina; Theodoridou, Maria; Georgis, Ch.; Axaridou, A.; Havemann, Sven (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      In order to support the work of researchers in the production, processing and interpretation of complex digital objects and the dissemination of valuable and diverse information to a broad spectrum of audience there is ...
    • WreckSight: Revealing our Submerged Maritime Heritage 

      Rowland, Chris; Anderson, John (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      This paper describes WreckSight, an interactive application for viewing aesthetically considered, accurate, 3D visualisations of historic shipwrecks on the seabed. Maritime heritage sites around the world, especially ...
    • GigaMesh and Gilgamesh 3D Multiscale Integral Invariant Cuneiform Character Extraction 

      Mara, Hubert; Krömker, Susanne; Jakob, Stefan; Breuckmann, Bernd (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      As assyriologists have to handle tremendous amounts of important documents of ancient history written in cuneiform script, like the epic of Gilgamesh, we are developing an efficent system to support their daily tasks. ...
    • A High-Level Tool for Curators of 3D Virtual Visits and ist Application to a Virtual Exhibition of Renaissance Frescoes 

      Chittaro, Luca; Ieronutti, Lucio; Ranon, Roberto; Siotto, Eliana; Visintini, Domenico (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      This paper presents a high-level tool to build 3D virtual exhibitions from pre-existing 3D models and design virtual visits. Our tool exploits AI techniques and careful interaction design to require minimal technical ...
    • Semi-Automatic Geometry-Driven Reassembly of Fractured Archeological Objects 

      Mellado, Nicolas; Reuter, Patrick; Schlick, Christophe (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      3D laser scanning of broken cultural heritage content is becoming increasingly popular, resulting in large col- lections of detailed fractured archeological 3D objects that have to be reassembled virtually. In this paper, ...
    • 3D-ISF: An Impact Measurement Tool for Business and Strategic Planning in ICT and 3D Heritage Applications 

      Kaminski, Jaime; Mcloughlin, Jim; Sodagar, Babak (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      Despite the multitude of impact measurement techniques available to heritage site managers there is a case for the bigger strategic picture to figure more strongly in impact measurement decision making for ICT and 3D ...
    • Geometric Morphometrics for Provenance Determination of Gallo-Roman White Clay Figurines 

      Bourdeu, Alexandre; Pitzalis, Denis (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      Hundreds of Gallo-Roman white clay figurines coming from the center of France and available in the French museums have been digitized by the Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France using threedimensional ...
    • Verification and Acceptance Tests for High Definition 3D Surface Scanners 

      Bathow, Christiane; Breuckmann, Bernd; Scopigno, Roberto (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      High definition three-dimensional (3D) surface scanners, based on structured light or laser light section techniques, have found a wide range of applications, especially for technical and industrial applications (mostly ...
    • High Dynamic Range Video for Cultural Heritage Documentation and Experimental Archaeology 

      Happa, Jassim; Artusi, Alessandro; Czanner, Silvester; Chalmers, Alan (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      Video recording and photography are frequently used to document Cultural Heritage (CH) objects and sites. High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging is increasingly being used as it allows a wider range of light to be considered ...