Online Event, November 18 – 19, 2020


3D Data Management and Visualization
Semi-automated Annotation of Repetitive Ornaments on 3D Painted Pottery Surfaces
Stefan Lengauer, Alexander Komar, Stephan Karl, Elisabeth Trinkl, Ivan Sipiran, Tobias Schreck, and Reinhold Preiner
Interaction with 3D Models on Virtual Archaeological Sites
Lidia M. Ortega, Ángel-Luis García-Fernández, José-Luis López, and Alberto Calzado
Traditional-based Visualization Methods for Archaeological 3D Data: an Evaluation
Paulo Bernardes, Joaquim Madeira, and Manuela Martins
Geometry and Modelling
SynthPS: a Benchmark for Evaluation of Photometric Stereo Algorithms for Cultural Heritage Applications
Tinsae Gebrechristos Dulecha, Ruggero Pintus, Enrico Gobbetti, and Andrea Giachetti
Easy Authoring of Image-Supported Short Stories for 3D Scanned Cultural Heritage
Marc Comino, Antoni Chica, and Carlos Andujar
Anatomy Changes and Virtual Restoration of Statues
Tong Fu, Raphaelle Chaine, and Julie Digne
Another Brick in the Wall: Improving the Assisted Semantic Segmentation of Masonry Walls
Gaia Pavoni, Francesca Giuliani, Anna De Falco, Massimiliano Corsini, Federico Ponchio, Marco Callieri, and Paolo Cignoni
Virtual/Augmented Reality and Image Processing
Engaging audiences with Cultural Heritage through Augmented Reality (AR) Enhanced Pop-Up Books
Yaqin Huang, Karina Rodriguez Echavarria, and Simon Julier
Sunlight Simulation of the Church of Saint Nectaire in Virtual Reality: a Digital Time Machine
Renato Saleri
Segmentation-Based Near-Lossless Compression of Multi-View Cultural Heritage Image Data
Max von Buelow, Reimar Tausch, Volker Knauthe, Tristan Wirth, Stefan Guthe, Pedro Santos, and Dieter W. Fellner
Posters
Digital Layered Models of Architecture and Mural Paintings over Time
Milagros Guardia, Paola Pogliani, Giulia Bordi, Panayiotis Charalambous, Carlos Andujar, and Xavier Pueyo
Possibilities and Challenges of Portraying Cultural Heritage Artefacts using Augmented Reality: the Mjällby Crucifix Case Study
Valeria Garro, Veronica Sundstedt, Advaith Putta, and Christoffer Sandahl
A NLP Enhanced Visual Analytics Tool for Archives Metadata
Anil Ozdemir, Dilara Müstecep, Orhan Agaoglu, and Selim Balcisoy
Virtual/Augmented Reality and Museum Applications
Augmented Reality for Sculpture Stability Analysis and Conservation
Dennis Henneman, Yichen Li, John Ochsendorf, Margrit Betke, and Emily Whiting
The V-Horus Project
Andrea Lennhoff, Luiz Velho, Bernado Alevato, Luiza Novaes, and Jorge Lopes
Ernst Grube: A Contemporary Witness and His Memories Preserved with Volumetric Video
Markus Worchel, Marcus Zepp, Weiwen Hu, Oliver Schreer, Ingo Feldmann, and Peter Eisert
Archaeo Puzzle: An Educational Game Using Natural User Interface for Historical Artifacts
Nicola Capece, Ugo Erra, Monica Gruosso, and Marco Anastasio

Recent Submissions

  • Ernst Grube: A Contemporary Witness and His Memories Preserved with Volumetric Video 

    Worchel, Markus; Zepp, Marcus; Hu, Weiwen; Schreer, Oliver; Feldmann, Ingo; Eisert, Peter (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    ''Ernst Grube - The Legacy'' is an immersive Virtual Reality documentary about the life of Ernst Grube, one of the last German Holocaust survivors. From interviews conducted inside a volumetric capture studio, dynamic ...
  • Archaeo Puzzle: An Educational Game Using Natural User Interface for Historical Artifacts 

    Capece, Nicola; Erra, Ugo; Gruosso, Monica; Anastasio, Marco (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    Serious games are very used educational tools that are proposed as entertainment games but with educational elements within them. Their focus is to create a practical and enjoyable learning experience using the latest ...
  • The V-Horus Project 

    Lennhoff, Andrea; Velho, Luiz; Alevato, Bernado; Novaes, Luiza; Lopes, Jorge (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    The V-Horus Project aims to reconstruct archaeological artefacts using digital technologies and to visualize them in an immersive experience in Virtual Reality. The focus of the project has been the reconstruction and 3D ...
  • Augmented Reality for Sculpture Stability Analysis and Conservation 

    Henneman, Dennis; Li, Yichen; Ochsendorf, John; Betke, Margrit; Whiting, Emily (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    Augmented reality (AR) technology has provided museum visitors with more immersive experiences, but it has yet to reach its full potential for the conservators and historians who craft the exhibits and protect their cultural ...
  • A NLP Enhanced Visual Analytics Tool for Archives Metadata 

    Ozdemir, Anil; Müstecep, Dilara; Agaoglu, Orhan; Balcisoy, Selim (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    Today, almost all cultural heritage (CH) institutions are starting to digitize parts of their collections and archives to improve accessibility, preservation of originals, publicity, and visibility of the institution on ...
  • Possibilities and Challenges of Portraying Cultural Heritage Artefacts using Augmented Reality: the Mjällby Crucifix Case Study 

    Garro, Valeria; Sundstedt, Veronica; Putta, Advaith; Sandahl, Christoffer (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    The increasing application of immersive technologies, i.e. virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), in cultural heritage (CH) offers new ways of displaying artefacts and historical sites. VR and AR provide an added ...
  • Sunlight Simulation of the Church of Saint Nectaire in Virtual Reality: a Digital Time Machine 

    Saleri, Renato (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    The roman church of Saint Nectaire, like many churches in Auvergne, France, is richly decorated with carved capitals. Most of them represent figures or symbols of Christianity and are periodically illuminated by the sunlight ...
  • Segmentation-Based Near-Lossless Compression of Multi-View Cultural Heritage Image Data 

    Buelow, Max von; Tausch, Reimar; Knauthe, Volker; Wirth, Tristan; Guthe, Stefan; Santos, Pedro; Fellner, Dieter W. (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    Cultural heritage preservation using photometric approaches received increasing significance in the past years. Capturing of these datasets is usually done with high-end cameras at maximum image resolution enabling high ...
  • Digital Layered Models of Architecture and Mural Paintings over Time 

    Guardia, Milagros; Pogliani, Paola; Bordi, Giulia; Charalambous, Panayiotis; Andujar, Carlos; Pueyo, Xavier (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    The European project Enhancement of Heritage Experiences: The Middle Ages. Digital Layered Models of Architecture and Mural Paintings over Time (EHEM), approved in the call for JPICH Conservation, Protection and Use (0127) ...
  • Engaging audiences with Cultural Heritage through Augmented Reality (AR) Enhanced Pop-Up Books 

    Huang, Yaqin; Rodriguez Echavarria, Karina; Julier, Simon (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    One of the core activities of memory institutions is to provide access to heritage material from their collections so that it can be used in formal and informal educational activities. Although this type of access is ...
  • Anatomy Changes and Virtual Restoration of Statues 

    Fu, Tong; Chaine, Raphaelle; Digne, Julie (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    Restoration of archaeological artefacts is an important task for cultural heritage preservation. However traditional restoration processes are difficult, costly and sometimes risky for the artefact itself, due to poor ...
  • Another Brick in the Wall: Improving the Assisted Semantic Segmentation of Masonry Walls 

    Pavoni, Gaia; Giuliani, Francesca; Falco, Anna De; Corsini, Massimiliano; Ponchio, Federico; Callieri, Marco; Cignoni, Paolo (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    In Architectural Heritage, the masonry's interpretation is an essential instrument for analyzing the construction phases, the assessment of structural properties, and the monitoring of its state of conservation. This work ...
  • Easy Authoring of Image-Supported Short Stories for 3D Scanned Cultural Heritage 

    Comino Trinidad, Marc; Chica, Antoni; Andujar, Carlos (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    Visual storytelling is a powerful tool for Cultural Heritage communication. However, traditional authoring tools either produce videos that cannot be fully integrated with 3D scanned models, or require 3D content creation ...
  • SynthPS: a Benchmark for Evaluation of Photometric Stereo Algorithms for Cultural Heritage Applications 

    Dulecha, Tinsae Gebrechristos; Pintus, Ruggero; Gobbetti, Enrico; Giachetti, Andrea (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    Photometric Stereo (PS) is a technique for estimating surface normals from a collection of images captured from a fixed viewpoint and with variable lighting. Over the years, several methods have been proposed for the task, ...
  • Traditional-based Visualization Methods for Archaeological 3D Data: an Evaluation 

    Bernardes, Paulo; Madeira, Joaquim; Martins, Manuela (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    3D archaeological visualization is an increasingly frequent and necessary practice, but it still faces application issues. Those are substantiated by the use of visualization tools that are not customized for the archaeological ...
  • Semi-automated Annotation of Repetitive Ornaments on 3D Painted Pottery Surfaces 

    Lengauer, Stefan; Komar, Alexander; Karl, Stephan; Trinkl, Elisabeth; Sipiran, Ivan; Schreck, Tobias; Preiner, Reinhold (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    The creation of drawings from the surface of painted pottery artifacts is an important practice in archaeological research and documentation. Traditional approaches include manual drawings using pen and paper, either ...
  • Interaction with 3D Models on Virtual Archaeological Sites 

    Ortega, Lidia M.; García-Fernández, Ángel-Luis; López, José-Luis; Calzado, Alberto (The Eurographics Association, 2020)
    The extraction of artifacts during the excavation of an archaeological site usually implies the loss of spatial references among the extracted vestiges. In this work we introduce a way to compute spatial relationships among ...
  • GCH 2020: Frontmatter 

    Spagnuolo, Michela; Melero, Francisco Javier (The Eurographics Association, 2020)