X3D/X3DOM, Blender Game Engine and OSG4WEB: Open source visualisation for cultural heritage environments

Author

Baglivo, Antonio ; Ponti, Francesca Delli ; De Luca, Daniele ; Guidazzoli, Antonella ; Liguori, Maria Chiara ; Fanini, Bruno

Author_Institution

CINECA, Casalecchio di Reno, Italy

Volume

2

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 28 2013-Nov. 1 2013

Firstpage

711

Lastpage

718

Abstract

Cultural Heritage applications have often exploited 3D reconstructions in order to better convey contents, but virtual environments need also new solutions to be accessed in a flexible as possible way. X3DOM, Blender Game Engine and OSG4WEB are three different tools able to perform on-line, mobile and desktop visualisations, each one with pros and cons. Do they meet the requirements raised by Cultural Heritage curators? This paper will be offering an overview of these navigation tools by means of some case studies in order to better highlight problems and opportunities.

Keywords

data visualisation; history; public domain software; solid modelling; 3D reconstructions; OSG4WEB; X3D-X3DOM; blender game engine; cultural heritage environment; open source visualisation; virtual environments; Cultural differences; Engines; Games; Navigation; Real-time systems; Solid modeling; Three-dimensional displays; Blender; Cultural Heritage; Open Source; OpenSceneGraph; Real Time Virtual Environments; X3D;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHeritage), 2013

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3168-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744840

Filename

6744840