VAST: International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Intelligent Cultural Heritage - Short and Project Papers: Recent submissions

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    • Evaluating the Curvature Analysis as a Key Feature for the Semantic Description of Architectural Elements 

      Adrian, Julie; Buglio, David Lo; Luca, Livio De (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      The recent developments in the fields of photogrammetry and laser scanning, have made possible mass acquisitions of heritage artifacts with a particularly high level of geometric accuracy. A processing of the digital model ...

    • Master-hand Attributions of Classical Greek Sculptors by 3D-Analysis at Olympia - Some Preliminary Remarks 

      Patay-Horváth, András (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      The sculptural decoration of the temple of Zeus at Olympia is nowadays generally considered as one of the most important and most magnificent works of ancient Greek art. The fragments have been thoroughly studied since ...

    • A Large-Scale Evaluation of Correspondence-Based Coin Classification on Roman Republican Coinage 

      Zambanini, Sebastian; Kampel, Martin (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      While being of great use for the numismatic community, the problem of image-based ancient coin classification has shown to be a challenging problem in the past [KZ08, Ara10, ZK12, ZKK14]. This is caused by the high number ...

    • Towards a Query-driven Heritage-data Visualization Tool 

      Williams, Lee F.; Roberts, Jonathan C. (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Many heritage organisations hold databases that contain many millions of records. These are huge datasets that store historic records and often focus on sites and monuments; especially sites of archaeological and historic ...

    • The LEAP Project: a New Approach to the (Re)Presentation of the Past by Means of Virtual Reality 

      Pujol, Laia (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      This poster presents the goals and implications of the recently started EU funded project {LEAP]. This two-year research endeavour aims to build and test an innovative theoretical and methodological framework for Virtual ...

    • Facilitating Access to the Field of Geometry and Reflectance Acquisition 

      Köhler, Johannes; Nöll, Tobias; Stricker, Didier (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Documentation and presentation of cultural heritage can greatly benefit from photorealistic digitization. This field, however, is subject to ongoing research and very hard to enter for new researchers. This is mostly because ...

    • SPIRIT - Entertaining Encounters with Ancient History 

      Spierling, Ulrike; Coors, Volker (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      The paper describes the ongoing project "SPIRIT", in particular the design of novel and entertaining forms of heritage communications through mobile augmented reality. The SPIRIT concept is based upon a strong storytelling ...

    • Community-driven Generation of 3D and Augmented Web Content for Archaeology 

      Ritsos, Panagiotis D.; Wilson, Andrew T.; Miles, Helen C.; Williams, Lee F.; Tiddeman, Bernard; Labrosse, Frédéric; Griffiths, Seren; Edwards, Ben; Möller, Katharina; Karl, Raimund; Roberts, Jonathan C. (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Heritage sites (such as prehistoric burial cairns and standing stones) are prolific in Europe; although there is a wish to scan each of these sites, it would be time-consuming to achieve. Citizen science approaches enable ...

    • IBISA: Making Image-Based Identification of Ancient Coins Robust to Lighting Conditions 

      Marchand, Sylvain (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      The IBISA (Image-Based Identification/Search for Archaeology) system manages databases of digital images of archaeological objects, e.g. ancient coins, and allows the user to perform searches by examples. IBISA was de- ...

    • Towards the Creation of Digital Stones from 2D Samples 

      Schellewald, Christian; Perakis, Panagiotis; Theoharis, Theoharis (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      In order to decide which preservation strategies one should follow for Cultural Heritage objects made of stone, it is necessary to estimate the impact of different alternative strategies. A useful aid in such a process is ...

    • Lean In or Lean Back? Aspects on Interactivity & Mediation in handheld Augmented Reality in the Museum 

      Keil, Jens; Engelke, Timo; Schmitt, Michael; Bockholt, Ulrich; Pujol, Laia (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      With the idea to design augmented reality experiences that attract and inform, and which are also seamlessly incorporated into interactive museum narratives, this paper explores finding the appropriate balance between ...

    • Cloud-based 3D Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage Monuments using Open Access Image Repositories 

      Hadjiprocopis, Andreas; Wenzel, Konrad; Rothermel, Mathias; Ioannides, Marinos; Fritsch, Dieter; Klein, Michael; Johnsons, Paul S.; Weinlinger, Guenther; Doulamis, Anastasios; Protopapadakis, Eftychios; Kyriakaki, Georgia; Makantasis, Kostas; Fellner, Dieter W.; Stork, Andre; Santos, Pedro (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      A large number of photographs of cultural heritage items and monuments is publicly available in various Open Access Image Repositories (OAIR) and social media sites. Metadata inserted by camera, user and host site may help ...

    • Content-based Retrieval of 3D Models using Generative Modeling Techniques 

      Grabner, Harald; Ullrich, Torsten; Fellner, Dieter W. (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      In this paper we present a novel 3D model retrieval approach based on generative modeling techniques. In our approach generative models are created by domain experts in order to describe 3D model classes. These generative ...

    • Laying the Foundations for an Information System Dedicated to Heritage Building Degradation Monitoring Based on the 2D/3D Semantic Annotation of Photographs 

      Messaoudi, Tommy; Manuel, Adeline; Gattet, Eloi; Luca, Livio De; Véron, Philippe (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      In the last decade many 3D digitization techniques have emerged allowing the generation of dense and precise digital representations of historical building. However, regardless their level of geometric accuracy or visual ...

    • Principles and Practices of Robust, Photography-based Digital Imaging Techniques for Museums 

      Mudge, Mark; Schroer, Carla; Earl, Graeme; Martinez, Kirk; Pagi, Hembo; Toler-Franklin, Corey; Rusinkiewicz, Szymon; Palma, Gianpaolo; Wachowiak, Melvin; Ashley, Michael; Matthews, Neffra; Noble, Tommy; Dellepiane, Matteo (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      This full day tutorial will use lectures and demonstrations from leading researchers and museum practitioners to present the principles and practices for robust photography-based digital techniques in museum contexts. The ...

    • Five Years After: The London Charter Revisited 

      Niccolucci, Franco; Beacham, David; Hermon, Sorin; Denard, Hugh (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      The present paper proposes to add some principles to the London Charter, a Charter concerning the use of 3D visualization for Cultural Heritage. The proposed new principles aim at guaranteeing the presence of documentation ...

    • ICT in Japanese Museums: a Strategic and Contextual Survey 

      Carillo, Erminia; Kadobayashi, Rieko; Kaminski, Jaime; Rodriguez-Echavarria, Karina; Arnold, David (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      Information and Communication Technology (ICT) applications have become increasingly widespread, driven by the increasing demands of visitors for more tools for interpretation and entertainment and the need of heritage ...

    • DC-NET: The Establishment of the Digital Cultural Heritage Network 

      Francesco, Giuliana De (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      Core concern of the DC-NET project is to develop and to strengthen the coordination of public research programmes in the sector of Digital Cultural Heritage across Europe and to raise awareness of the possibilities offered ...

    • PLUG, Université Paris Nuit: A Design Reiteration of a Mobile Museum Edutainment Application 

      Damala, Areti; Astic, Isabelle; Aunis, Coline (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      What is the potential of mobile edutainment applications introduced in the informal learning environment of the museum setting? This short paper proposes to shed light on this issue by presenting a design reiteration of a ...

    • Surveying Hypogeous Structures: the Case Study of Santa Maria in Stelle in Valpantena 

      Tucci, Grazia; Nobile, Alessia; Bonora, Valentina (The Eurographics Association, 2010)
      The hypogeous complex of Santa Maria in Stelle, known on-site as "Pantheon" and located under the parish church of Quinto in Valpantena, (Verona, Italy), is considered by scholars one of the most interesting paleochristian ...