“The Virtual Museum” by Applin, Blackketter, Chen, Hanan, Hoffert, et al. …
Conference:
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Title:
- The Virtual Museum
Program Title:
- G-Tech
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Description:
The Virtual Museum is an interactive electronic museum. Users can move from room to room of the museum and select any exhibit for more detailed examination. The museum space is divided into five rooms: (1) An Atrium entrance to the museum; (2) A Medicine Room which contains exhibits on medical imaging technology; (3) A Plant Room which contains animations of plants growing and changing shape; (4) An Astronomy Room which includes simulations of the Big Bang, a galaxy evolving over time, and a flythrough over the surface of Mars; and (5) An Environment Room which allows the examination of Earth at different scales. The exhibits in the museum combine precomputed animation with novel algorithms for doing real-time image warping, allowing an interesting range of interactions with a variety of scientific data.
