A Virtual Tomb for Kelvingrove

Table of Contents

• Summary
• Table of Contents

• Table of Figures
• 1. The Problem Presented
• 2. Contextual Information
  • 2.1 The use of computers in museums
  • 2.2 3D Computer representation and archaeology: a brief history
  • 2.3 Virtual Reality as a learning tool
  • 2.4 Virtual Reality: a brief history
  • 2.5 VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)
  • 2.6 Future developments in VRML and archaeological applications
  • 2.7 Problems with VRML
• 3. Project Structure
• 4. Design Documentation
  • 4.1 Requirements analysis
  • 4.2 System components
  • 4.3 Data flow diagrams
  • 4.4 Entity life history diagram
• 5. Archaeological Problems
• 6. Implementing the Basic Model
  • 6.1 Model plans and problematic areas
• 7. Image Development and Texture Mapping
  • 7.1 The completed images and problematic areas
• 8. Refining the Model
• 9. The User Interface
• 10. The Completed Model
  • 10.1 Views of the tomb model
  • 10.2 The completed VRML model
• 11. Testing and Evaluation
• 12. Conclusion
• 13. Bibliography
• 14. Acknowledgements
• 15. Sample VRML files
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