Short Presentations: Recent submissions

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    • Books and Devices from the Old -Their Renaissance in Computer Graphics 

      Eberhardt, Bernd; Gürcay, Hasmet; Hanisch, Frank; Hüttner, Tobias; Licht, Oliver; Nill, Benjamin (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      In the following we present three of our institute’s activities concerning cultural heritage. First we present a reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism, which is the world’s oldest calculator of astronomical purpose. ...

    • 3D virtual facial reconstruction and visualization of ancient Egyptian mummies using spiral CT data 

      Attardi, Giuseppe; Betro, Marilina; Forte, Maurizio; Gori, Roberto; Guidazzoli, Antonella; Imboden, Silvano; Mallegni, Francesco (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      The problem of rebuilding a face from human remains has been, until now, especially relevant in the ambit of forensic sciences, where it is obviously oriented toward the identification of otherwise unrecognizable corpses; ...

    • Psychologically-based Walking in a Cluttered Environment 

      Gillies, M.F.P.; Dodgson, N.A. (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      We present a method by which a virtual actor (a computer agent representing a character in an animation) can walk around an environment, automatically stepping over or walking around obstacles in its way. Our algorithms ...

    • A Study of Automatic Program Production Using TVML 

      Douke, Mamoru; Makino, Eiji; Hayashi, Masaki (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      This paper describes a method to create TV programs automatically using TVML(TV program Making Language). TVML is a scripting language that we have developed for generating TV programs by computer. In this paper, we focus ...

    • Looking for the Lost Follis 

      Gallo, G.; Garraffo, S.; Giugno, R.; Nicolosi, A. (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      This paper describes the application of a new technique of error tolerant image retrieval to the classification and study of late Roman Empire coins. To a query, in form of a given coin, the technique answers proposing a ...

    • How To Visit Dunhuang Without Travelling To Central Asia 

      Hambach, Sybille (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      The Mogao Grottoes are situated near the oasis town of Dunhuang in the Northwest of China. They are an important place at the ancient silkroad, object of research for scientists around the world and a fascinating destination ...

    • Distributed Virtual Environments for Urban Modelling 

      Harvey, D.; Arnold, D. B.; Day, A. M. (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      We describe many of the considerations required when designing and developing a distributed virtual environment for urban modelling, paying particular attention to its application to virtual heritage. We also describe the ...

    • Site and Structure at the Vatican: From the Earliest Settlement to the Present 

      Silvetti, Jorge; Smith, Christine; Dumbleton, Timothy; Williamson, Shane; Taylor, Geoffrey (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      This digital research project and reference tool is the work of five professors and graduate students from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. It provides a chronologically-ordered sequence of digital models ...

    • A VR based safety training in a petroleum refinery 

      Haller, Michael; Holm, Roland; Volkert, Jens; Wagner, Roland (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      We present the prototype omVR, which is a Virtual Reality based safety training system in a petroleum refinery. It provides an advanced technique for personnel safety training and allows users to navigate through the ...

    • VRML-based System for a Three-Dimensional Virtual Museum on the Web 

      Diez-Higuera, J. F.; Diaz-Pernas, F. J.; Gomez Garcia-Bermejo, J.; Mompo Gomez, R. (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      This work is part of a research project dealing with the design and implementation of a Virtual and Interactive Museum in 3D on the Web. The main idea for the design of this platform is to have a Web server maintained by ...

    • The atrium of St. Mary Abbey in Pomposa: a hypermedial 3-D network database 

      Alessandri, Claudio; Gaiani, Marco (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      The analysis carried out on the atrium of the church of Pomposa is an example of a multidisciplinary experience which gathered historians, computer analysts, structural and computer graphics experts on the same project. A ...

    • Monitoring of the visual arts degrade by means of the active vision system “3EYES” 

      Cojoc, D.; Grattoni, P.; Nerino, R.; Pettiti, G. (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      Monitoring of some physical characteristics (colour, geometry, size of fissures, ...) of object surfaces is of utmost importance in the field of conservation and restoration of work of arts. In order to get effective results ...

    • Virtual Sculpture 

      Ferley, E.; Cani, Marie-Paule; Gascuel, Jean-Dominique (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      We propose here a sculpture metaphor for rapid shape prototyping. This metaphor makes the underlying surface description transparent for the user, enabling him to focus only on the shape being modeled. Our approach is based ...

    • Virtual lights: a method for expressive visualization 

      Martin, Domingo; Torres, Juan Carlos (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      There has been great interest in expressive visualization over the last few years. This kind of visualization is used in 2D animation, illustration, and schematic drawing. The flat shading and shape lines, which we call ...

    • Las Meninas: Narrative Illusions in Virtual Reality 

      Bizri, Hisham M. (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      Las Meninas is a virtual reality artwork based on the painting of the same name by the Spanish painter Diego Velazquez. Created for the CAVE-Automatic Virtual Environment, Las Meninas is fused with narrative illusions as ...

    • Baroque Dance Animation with Virtual Dancers 

      Bertolo, Maresa; Maninetti, Paolo; Marini, Daniele (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      Our approach to computer simulation of the human movement is based on a high level description of the grammar of the movement and on the combination of basic movements acquired using motion capture systems. The combinatory ...

    • Exploiting Pompei Cultural Heritage: The Plinius Project 

      Antonicelli, Angela; Sciscio, Giovanni; Rosicarelli, Renato; Ausiello, Giorgio; Catarci, Tiziana; Ferrarini, Massimo (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      Enlarging and improving the fruition of national cultural heritage is becoming a crucial goal for many nations, obviously including Italy, which owns the larger set of ancient findings of the world. The Plinius project1 ...

    • Interference Detection in Architectural Databases 

      Dias, José Miguel Salles; Gamito, Manuel Noronha; Silva, Jorge; Fonseca, José; Vilar, Miguel; Luo, Yuhua (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      In this paper we address the problem of geometric interference in architectural databases, that arises when different architecture and structural engineering teams integrate their designs into a common 3D scene. By analysing ...

    • Interactive Information System for the Camposanto Monumentale of Pisa 

      Baracchini, C.; Brogi, A.; Merlitti, D. (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      Multimedia Database gathering the historical-preservative documentation of the monumental complex, including a digital reconstruction achieved through a solid modelling of the building and its fittings.

    • Virtual Reality and Cultural Heritage Examples: the Mysterious City Fresco, the Domus Aurea 

      Cuomo, Massimo; Funto, Fabrizio; Levner, Geoff (Eurographics Association, 1999)
      Cultural heritage can benefit greatly from the use of virtual reality. Among the demands of cultural heritage that this technology can help to satisfy are the following: Giving laymen the opportunity to appreciate works ...