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14th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'03)
Cultural Heritage Presentation in Virtual Environment: Czech Experience
Prague, Czech Republic
September 01-September 05
ISBN: 0-7695-1993-8
Jiri Zara, Czech Technical University in Prague
Pavel Slav?, Czech Technical University in Prague
A permanently increasing graphical power of commonly used computers opens a possibility to present highly detailed and richly textured three-dimensional models of cultural complexes using the web. Utilizing virtual reality paradigms, both experts and ordinary users can explore pieces of cultural heritage in a virtual environment.
This paper introduces three different approaches to cultural heritage modeling and presentation in the Czech Republic. The first example, Celtic oppidum Z?vist, represents a simple but efficient utilization of the virtual reality for the archaeology. Next project, the Virtual Old Prague, is a complex web-based application allowing dynamic walks through virtual cities. Such models can be theoretically of any size. Finally, the on-going EU project, Virtual Heart of Central Europe, is an example of several cultural heritage sites thematically interconnected into a common virtual environment.
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Jiri Zara, Pavel Slav?, "Cultural Heritage Presentation in Virtual Environment: Czech Experience," dexa, pp.92, 14th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'03), 2003
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