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> From: Judith Winters[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: Judith Winters
> Sent: 03 December 1999 15:20
> To: intarch-interest
> Cc: britarch
> Subject: VRML article in Internet Archaeology 7
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> Dear Listmembers
> I am very pleased to announce the publication of
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> 'A Virtual Tomb for Kelvingrove: Virtual Reality, Archaeology and
> Education' by Melissa Terras in Issue 7 of Internet Archaeology:
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> http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue7/terras_index.html
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> The core of the article discusses the practicalities involved in
> creating
> a virtual reality model for use in a public space - in this instance,
> a
> VRML model of the Egyptian tomb of Sen-nedjem, was developed for
> installation in the Egyptian Gallery of the Kelvingrove Museum and Art
> Gallery, Glasgow. The highlight of the article has to be the
> publication of the fully functioning VR model of the tomb itself,
> incorporating interactive elements, photorealistic representation
> of the tomb paintings, as well as a partial 'fly-through' animation.
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> A plug-in is required to view the model. Two versions have been
> created by
> the author to accommodate as many readers as possible (VRML model with
> inner tomb images 20MB / without inner tomb images 1.5MB) but the
> model is
> unavoidably large and requires a substantial amount of memory -
> several
> stills of the model have also been provided.
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> The article raises the issues surrounding the nature of representation
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> reconstruction which will have to be addressed before such models will
> become commonplace in the museums of the future. The possibility that
> virtual models like this may have a very real use in conservation is
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> raised. Your comments are, as always, very welcome.
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> Judith
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> Judith Winters
> Editor, Internet Archaeology http://intarch.ac.uk
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> University of York
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