Abstract
We describe an innovative system designed for museums to create, manage and present multimedia based
representations of museum artefacts in virtual exhibitions both inside and outside museums. Our system
creates digital surrogates through a novel stereo photogrammetry system with little user interaction. The
resulting 3D objects are refined using state-of-the-art 3D modelling software configured for ease of use by
museum staff. A repository of such digital surrogates is managed in an XML enabled relational database and
provides the basis for the creation and presentation of virtual museum exhibitions, allowing current museum
websites to evolve from a 2D to a 3D multimedia-rich domain. In this paper, we discuss the modelling and
refinement processes which are based on stereo photogrammetry and the creation and visualisation of virtual
museum exhibitions using virtual and augmented reality techniques.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Jul 2003 |
| Event | Vision, Video and Graphics 2003 - Bath, UK United Kingdom Duration: 10 Jul 2003 → 11 Jul 2003 |
Conference
| Conference | Vision, Video and Graphics 2003 |
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| Country/Territory | UK United Kingdom |
| City | Bath |
| Period | 10/07/03 → 11/07/03 |
Keywords
- virtual reality
- Three-dimensional graphics and realism
- digital museums
- virtual exhibitions
- cultural heritage
- computer graphics and animation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Computer Science