Cultural heritage omni-stereo panoramas for immersive cultural analytics - From the Nile to the Hijaz
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Conference PaperAuthors
Smith, NeilCutchin, Steven
Kooima, Robert L.
Ainsworth, Richard A.
Sandin, Daniel J.
Schulze, Jürgen P.
Prudhomme, Andrew
Kuester, Falko
Levy, Thomas E.
Defanti, Thomas A.
Date
2013-09Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/564789
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The digital imaging acquisition and visualization techniques described here provides a hyper-realistic stereoscopic spherical capture of cultural heritage sites. An automated dual-camera system is used to capture sufficient stereo digital images to cover a sphere or cylinder. The resulting stereo images are projected undistorted in VR systems providing an immersive virtual environment in which researchers can collaboratively study the important textural details of an excavation or historical site. This imaging technique complements existing technologies such as LiDAR or SfM providing more detailed textural information that can be used in conjunction for analysis and visualization. The advantages of this digital imaging technique for cultural heritage can be seen in its non-invasive and rapid capture of heritage sites for documentation, analysis, and immersive visualization. The technique is applied to several significant heritage sites in Luxor, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.Citation
Smith, N. G., Cutchin, S., Kooima, R., Ainsworth, R. A., Sandin, D. J., Schulze, J., … DeFanti, T. A. (2013). Cultural heritage omni-stereo panoramas for immersive cultural analytics — From the Nile to the Hijaz. 2013 8th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA). doi:10.1109/ispa.2013.6703802Conference/Event name
8th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis, ISPA 2013ISBN
9789531841948ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1109/ispa.2013.6703802