Browsing Cultural Heritage 2007 by Issue Date
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Tangible Heritage: Production of Astrolabes on a Laser Engraver
(The Eurographics Association, 2007)The astrolabe, an analog computing device, used to be the iconic instrument of astronomers during the Middle Ages. It allowed a multitude of operations of practical astronomy which were otherwise cumbersome to perform in ... -
Photorealistic Real-Time Visualization of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of Friedrichsburg Castle in Germany
(The Eurographics Association, 2007)This paper presents a novel highly immersive and interactive VR (virtual reality) installation targeted on photorealistic real-time visualization. Although applicable to many other scenarios, this work is focused primarily ... -
An Interactive Exploration of the Virtual Stronghold Dillenburg
(The Eurographics Association, 2007)This paper presents the results of an interdisciplinary project aiming at the virtual three-dimensional reconstruction of the stronghold Dillenburg, which has been completely destroyed in 1768. For an interactive virtual ... -
Mapping highly detailed color information on extremely dense 3D models: the case of David s restoration
(The Eurographics Association, 2007)The support of advanced Information Technology (IT) to preservation, restoration and documentation of Cultural Heritage is becoming a very important goal for the research community. Michelangelo's David was one of the first ... -
The Arnolfini Portrait in 3D - Creating Virtual World of a Painting with Inconsistent Perspective
(The Eurographics Association, 2007)We report on creating a 3d virtual reconstruction of the scene shown in "The Arnolfini Portrait" by Jan van Eyck. This early Renaissance painting, if painted faithfully, should confirm to one-point perspective, however it ... -
Flatland: A Tool for Transforming Historical Sites into Archival Drawings
(The Eurographics Association, 2007)Detailed documentation of historical sites is important for archaeological discovery and cultural preservation. The traditional method of documentation is to hand sketch 2D drawings of the region. Laser range finders can ... -
Cultural Heritage as a Vehicle for Basic Research in Computing Science: Pasteur's Quadrant and a Use-inspired Basic Research Agenda
(The Eurographics Association, 2007)Donald Stokes argued [Sto97] that for 50 years from the end of the second world war to the end of the 20th century there was an unhealthy taxonomy of research types which was formulated on a linear scale from pure to ...