Monticello Through the Window

Williams, Nathaniel; Hantak, Chad; Low, Kok-Lim; Thomas, John; Keller, Kurtis; Nyland, Lars; Luebke, David; Lastra, Anselmo

Monticello Through the Window

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Date

2003

Authors

Williams, Nathaniel
Hantak, Chad
Low, Kok-Lim
Thomas, John
Keller, Kurtis
Nyland, Lars
Luebke, David
Lastra, Anselmo

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

We present a case study in the use of virtual environment technology for cultural heritage applications, describing a collaborative effort to construct two cultural heritage exhibits for a five month exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art. To illustrate the factors that shape museum exhibit design, we explore the initial conceptual phase and discuss our reasons for choosing certain designs. We describe the two exhibits that we built in turn, focusing on equipment and on robustness. Although little went awry during the exhibition, we explain how certain equipment did fail and how we had prepared for such crises by keeping spare equipment on-site. Finally, we report on the success of the undertaking and close with some thoughts and advice for researchers attempting similar museum-oriented projects.

        @inproceedings{:10.2312/VAST/VAST03/131-138
,
booktitle = {The 4th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Intelligent Cultural Heritage
},
editor = {David Arnold and Alan Chalmers and Franco Niccolucci
},
title = {{Monticello Through the Window
}},
author = {Williams, Nathaniel and 
Hantak, Chad and 
Low, Kok-Lim and 
Thomas, John and 
Keller, Kurtis and 
Nyland, Lars and 
Luebke, David and 
Lastra, Anselmo
},
year = {2003
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {1811-864X
},
ISBN = {3-905673-08-8
},
DOI = {/10.2312/VAST/VAST03/131-138
}
}