Title :
A path editor for virtual museum guides
Author :
Dantas, Rummenigge R. ; De Melo, Julio Cesar P ; Lessa, Jefferson ; Schneider, Claudio ; Teodósio, Haroldo ; Gonçalves, Luiz Marcos G
Author_Institution :
Escola de Cienc. e Tecnol., Fed. Univ. of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil
Abstract :
In this work we propose a tool for path generation of animated beings (devices as robots, and humans) in a virtual environment. The focus of this application is the creation and edition of this path for guided tour in virtual museum. To validate this approach we present a virtual exhibition were a virtual guide following the generated path and conduces the virtual visitors in the museum.
Keywords :
mobile robots; path planning; virtual reality; animated beings; path editor; virtual environment; virtual exhibition; virtual museum guides; Avatars; Cameras; Computer architecture; Robots; Streaming media; Three dimensional displays; Virtual environment; Path-planning Virtual guide;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Environments Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems (VECIMS), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taranto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5904-9
DOI :
10.1109/VECIMS.2010.5609361
