Virtual Systems and Multimedia: 13th International Conference, VSMM 2007, Brisbane, Australia, September 23-26, 2007, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Theodor G. Wyeld

ISBN 10: 3540785655 / ISBN 13: 9783540785651

Editore: Springer 2008-04-10, 2008

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• Titolo: Virtual Systems and Multimedia: 13th International Conference, VSMM 2007, Brisbane, Australia, September 23-26, 2007, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
• Editore: Springer 2008-04-10
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3540785655
• ISBN 13: 9783540785651
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2007, held in Brisbane, Australia, in September 2007. The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 97 initial submissions during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers put a special focus on virtual heritage and virtual cultures, virtual environments and virtual experiences, as well as on applied technologies and systems.

Contenuti

Virtual Heritage.- Using a Dance Pad to Navigate through the Virtual Heritage Environment of Macquarie Lighthouse, Sydney.- 3D City Model of the Ancient Hue, Vietnam; Reconstruction of the City Environment for the Cultural Heritage Identity Conservation.- A Conversation on the Efficacies of the Game Engine to Address Notions of Sacred Space: The Digital Songlines Project and Transgressions of Sacredness.- Digital Tools for Heritage Information Management and Protection: The Need of Training.- Beyond the Map: Issues in the Design of a Virtual 3D Knowledge Space for Aboriginal Knowledge.- The Irreducible Ensemble: Place-Hampi.- Reconstructing the West Mebon Vishnu: A Marriage of Traditional Artefactual Analysis with Digital 3D Visualization.- Applied Technologies.- From Manual to Automated Optical Recognition of Ancient Coins.- Adding Semantic Annotations, Navigation Paths and Tour Guides to Existing Virtual Environments.- A View-Based Real-Time Human Action Recognition System as an Interface for Human Computer Interaction.- Knowledge Based Lacunas Detection and Segmentation for Ancient Paintings.- SmartVolumes - Adaptive Voronoi Power Diagramming for Real-Time Volumetric Design Exploration.- Virtual Environment.- Constructing a Virtual Tower of Babel: A Case Study in Cross-Cultural Collaboration Across Three Continents.- Evolutionary Virtual Agent at an Exhibition.- The Metaplastic Virtual Spaces.- Embodied Communication in the Distributed Network.- Interactive High Resolution Texture Mapping for the 3D Models of Cultural Heritages.- Prototypes for Automated Architectural 3D-Layout.