Content-based navigation within virtual museums

Authors

  • Anestis Koutsoudis

    ATHENA Research Center
  • Christina Makarona

    ATHENA Research Center
  • George Pavlidis

    ATHENA Research Center

Received date: June 19, 2012

Accepted date: June 20, 2012

Published date: June 20, 2012

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14419/jacst.v1i2.135

Abstract

The ongoing evolution of the Internet has enabled web applications that use real time three-dimensional (3D) graphics and virtual environments. Moreover, in recent years, cultural technology has also flourished notably. Virtual museums represent one significant application that combines culture with modern technologies and the internet, requiring an interdisciplinary approach aiming both at dissemination and education. We present our approach to enhance virtual museums by incorporating content-based retrieval that refers to 3D objects. In this context, a virtual visitor is able to navigate within the museum, examine the exhibited artifacts and perform queries-by-example in order to locate the position of related artifacts. The retrieval mechanism responds to the visitor’s queries by indicating similar artifacts, which are ranked according to their similarity scores. This way, the visitor is able to navigate within a virtual museum not only by means of a virtual walkthrough but also by means of the context

Author Biographies

  • Anestis Koutsoudis, ATHENA Research Center
    Researcher, Department of Multimedia
  • Christina Makarona, ATHENA Research Center
    Associate researcher, Department of Multimedia
  • George Pavlidis, ATHENA Research Center
    Principal researcher, Department of Multimedia

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How to Cite

Koutsoudis, A., Makarona, C., & Pavlidis, G. (2012). Content-based navigation within virtual museums. Journal of Advanced Computer Science & Technology, 1(2), 73-81. https://doi.org/10.14419/jacst.v1i2.135

Received date: June 19, 2012

Accepted date: June 20, 2012

Published date: June 20, 2012