Title :
Design of a Walkthrough System for Virtual Museum Based on Voronoi Diagram
Author :
Wang, Lu ; Yang, Chenglei ; Qi, Meng ; Wang, Rui ; Meng, Xiangxu ; Wang, Xiaoting
Author_Institution :
ShanDong Univ., Jinan
Abstract :
This paper describes an integrated solution of designing a walkthrough system for virtual museum supporting multi-user´s communion and learning based on Voronoi diagram. Here, 2D polygon and its Voronoi Diagram are the basis of museum´s cooperative design, collections´ conveniently disposal, scene´s real time rendering and other interactive technologies such as visibility culling, collision detection, path planning, and so on. It has been used in archaeological Digital Museum of Shandong University (archaeological DM- SDU), and it can also be used to other exhibition halls.
Keywords :
computational geometry; exhibitions; humanities; virtual reality; Voronoi diagram; archaeological Digital Museum of Shandong University; collision detection; cooperative design; exhibition halls; multi user communion; path planning; virtual museum; visibility culling; walkthrough system; Avatars; Collaboration; Cultural differences; Educational technology; Electronic learning; Layout; Multimedia databases; Path planning; Virtual reality; World Wide Web; Voronoi Diagram; collision; cooperative design; detection; interactive walkthrough; path planning; virtual museum; visibility culling;
Conference_Titel :
Voronoi Diagrams in Science and Engineering, 2006. ISVD '06. 3rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Banff, Alberta, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2630-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISVD.2006.20