Virtual Research Environment for digital 3D reconstructions – Standards, thresholds and prospects

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ID23039223
AuthorsPiotr Kuroczyński (0000-0001-9847-8368, University of Applied Sciences Mainz, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume1
Issue2
Pages456-476
Publication date2017-12-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Digital Heritage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2574-1748 • E-ISSN: 2574-1748
PublisherIUScholarWorks (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14434/sdh.v1i2.23330
OpenAlexW2774953364
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Since the 1990s the application of the digital 3D reconstruction and computer-based visualisation of culturalheritage increased. The virtual reconstruction and 3D visualisation revealed a new “glittering” research space forobject-oriented disciplines such as archaeology, art history and architecture. Nevertheless the academicsconcerned with the uprising technology recognised early the lack of documentation standards in the 3Dprojects leading to the loss of information, findings and the fusion of knowledge behind the digital 3Drepresentation. Based on the methodological fundamentals of the digital 3D reconstruction the potentials andchallenges in the light of emerging Semantic Web and Web3D technologies will be introduced. The presentationsubscribes a scientific methodology and a collaborative web-based research environment followed by crucialfeatures for this kind of projects. As the groundwork a human- and machine-readable “language of objects” andthe implementation of this semantic patterns for spatial research purposes on destroyed and/or never realisedtangible cultural heritage will be discussed. Using examples from the practice the presentation explains therequirements of the Semantic Web (Linked Data), the role of controlled vocabularies, the architecture of the VREand the impact of a customised integration of interactive 3D models within the WebGL technology. Thepresentation intends to showcase the state-of-the-art on the way to a digital research infrastructure. The focuslies on the introduction of scholarly approved and sustainable digital 3D reconstruction, complaint withrecognised documentation standards and following the Linked Data requirements.

Archaeology · Cultural heritage · Data science · Documentation · Geography · Multimedia · Presentation (obstetrics) · Semantic Web · Visualization · World Wide Web · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage · Archaeological Research and Protection · Architecture · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction

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