Browsing VAST04: The 5th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Intelligent Cultural Heritage by Title

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    • Generation of High-Resolution Mosaic for Photo-Realistic Texture-Mapping of Cultural Heritage 3D Models 

      Remondino, Fabio; Niederoest, Jana (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      The work investigates the problem of how information contained in different overlapping images of a scene can be combined to produce larger images of higher quality. The resulted images can be used for different applications ...

    • Generative Parametric Design of Gothic Window Tracery 

      Havemann, Sven; Fellner, Dieter W. (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      Gothic architecture, and especially window tracery, exhibits quite complex geometric shape configurations. But this complexity is achieved by combining only a few basic geometric patterns. We present some principles of ...

    • iClay: Digitizing Cuneiform 

      Cohen, Jonathan; Duncan, Donald; Snyder, Dean; Cooper, Jerrold; Kumar, Subodh; Hahn, Daniel; Chen, Yuan; Purnomo, Budirijanto; Graettinger, John (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      Advances in digital technology for the graphic and textual representation of manuscripts have not, until recently, been applied to the world's oldest manuscripts, cuneiform tablets. This is due in large part both to the ...

    • Identifying technologies used in Cultural Heritage 

      Owen, Ruth; Buhalis, Dimitrios; Pletinckx, Daniël (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      There are a growing number of Information Communication Technology (ICT) applications in cultural heritage. However despite funding constraints, projects often involve similar or even duplicate work carried out at the same ...

    • Image-Based Registration of 3D-Range Data Using Feature Surface Elements 

      Bendels, Gerhard Heinrich; Degener, Patrick; Wahl, Roland; Körtgen, Marcel; Klein, Reinhard (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      Digitizing real-life objects via range scanners, stereo vision or tactile sensors usually requires the composition of multiple range images. In this paper we exploit intensity images often recorded with the range data and ...

    • Interactive Cloth Editing and Simulation in Virtual Reality Applications for Theater Professionals 

      Koutsonanos, D.; Moustakas, K.; Tzovaras, D.; Strintzis, M. G. (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      This paper presents an efficient framework for the interactive simulation and editing of clothing over avatars. Specifically, a very efficient costume designer application is proposed based on new developments in cloth ...

    • An Interactive Visualisation Interface for Virtual Museums 

      Liarokapis, F.; Sylaiou, S.; Basu, A.; Mourkoussis, N.; White, M.; Lister, P.F. (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      Cultural institutions, such as museums are particularly interested in making their collections accessible to people with physical disabilities. New technologies, such as Web3D and augmented reality (AR) can aid museums to ...

    • The Museum of Pure Form: touching real statues in an immersive virtual museum 

      Loscos, C.; Tecchia, F.; Frisoli, A.; Carrozzino, M.; Widenfeld, H. Ritter; Swapp, D.; Bergamasco, M. (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      In the Museum of Pure Form, we explore a novel way of presenting art to visitors of a museum, allowing them to virtually touch artefacts in a virtual museum. In order to realise this the statues are first digitised with a ...

    • New Perspectives on Ancient Landscapes: A Case Study of the Foulness Valley 

      Pansiot, J.; Chapman, P.M.; Viant, W.J.; Halkon, P. (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      The standard method for gathering and representing archaeological information consists of two-dimensional layer managers. This paper presents an archaeological Geographical Information System (GIS) based on an immersive ...

    • A Novel Approach to Context-Sensitive Guided e-Tours in Cultural Sites: Light Augmented Reality on PDAs 

      Vlahakis, V.; Demiris, A.; Bounos, E.; Ioannidis, N. (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      This paper focuses on the design parameters of mobile electronic guides for cultural sites and museums. We treat issues like user interaction and portability and present practical solutions for their installation and ...

    • A Point-Based Approach for Capture, Display and Illustration of Very Complex Archeological Artefacts 

      Duguet, Florent; Drettakis, George; Girardeau-Montaut, Daniel; Martinez, Jean-Luc; Schmitt, Francis (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      In this paper we present a complete point-based pipeline for the capture, display and illustration of very large scans of archeological artifacts. This approach was developed as part of a project involving archeologists ...

    • The potential of internet-based techniques for heritage interpretation 

      Kreisel, W.; Gee, K.; Dickmann, F. (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      This paper deals with the use of internet-based techniques in the context of applied heritage interpretation, using an old industrial area in central Germany as a case study example. The paper sets out basic principles of ...

    • The Shotton River and Mesolithic Dwellings: Recreating the Past from Geo-Seismic Data Sources 

      Chang, Eugene; Stone, Robert J.; Arvanitis, Theodoros N. (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      The Mesolithic Period in Europe has been a much-discussed area in archaeological research. As far as is known, the project reported herein represents the first attempt to visualise an otherwise inaccessible Mesolithic site ...

    • Simulation of Ancient TechnologyWorks Using Haptic Interaction and Gesture Recognition 

      Nikolakis, G.; Tzovaras, D.; Malassiotis, S.; Strintzis, M. G. (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      The objective of the proposed application is the development of a new interactive application for the simulation of Ancient Greek Technology works, with the use of advanced virtual reality and computer vision technologies. ...

    • Telling the Local Story: An Interactive Cultural Presentation System for Community and Regional Settings 

      Pletinckx, Daniel; Jaegher, Lars De; Helsen, Truus; Langen, Iris; Silberman, Neil; Donckt, Marie-Claire Van der; Stobbe, Jan (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      This paper presents the results of the implementation of prototype culture heritage presentation systems in a village, a small town and a region. These systems focus on cost efficiency, sustainability, local identity and ...

    • Virtual San Storytelling for Children: Content vs. Experience 

      Ladeira, I.; Blake, E. H. (The Eurographics Association, 2004)
      This paper describes the development of a Virtual Environment (VE) for telling a traditional San story. The San are an indigenous hunter-gatherer people of southern Africa whose traditional lifestyle has become almost ...