Tangible Photorealistic Virtual Museum

  • Authors:
  • Chun-Rong Huang;Chu-Song Chen;Pau-Choo Chung

  • Affiliations:
  • National Cheng Kung University;National Cheng Kung University;National Cheng Kung University

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Diverse museum artifacts, such as ceramics, porcelain, and ritual bronzes, can convey a sense of a people's history and culture, time, or place. Following specific criteria about the protection, maintenance, and preservation of these artifacts ensures their proper care and restoration. Often, this means visitors must view the artifacts statically in a glass showcase, precluding any kind of physical interaction. Moreover, because of limited exhibition space, many equally precious, beautiful, and important objects in the museum's possession are unfortunately out of sight in storerooms. To makethese objects more accessible, we developed a tangible photorealistic virtual museum system that lets people interact naturally and have an immersive experience with museum exhibits.