A Virtual Tomb for Kelvingrove

Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Education

Summary
Table of Contents
Table of Figures
1. The Problem Presented
2. Contextual Information
- 2.1 The use of computers in museums
- 2.2 3D Computer representation and archaeology: a brief history
- 2.3 Virtual Reality as a learning tool
- 2.4 Virtual Reality: a brief history
- 2.5 VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)
- 2.6 Future developments in VRML and archaeological applications
- 2.7 Problems with VRML
3. Project Structure
4. Design Documentation
- 4.1 Requirements analysis
- 4.2 System components
- 4.3 Data flow diagrams
- 4.4 Entity life history diagram
5. Archaeological Problems
6. Implementing the Basic Model
- 6.1 Model plans and problematic areas
7. Image Development and Texture Mapping
- 7.1 The completed images and problematic areas
8. Refining the Model
9. The User Interface
10. The Completed Model
- 10.1 Views of the tomb model
- 10.2 The completed VRML model
11. Testing and Evaluation
12. Conclusion
13. Bibliography
14. Acknowledgements
15. Sample VRML files
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