"Virtual Heritage at iGrid 2000"

Created on June 05, 2001

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Virtual Heritage at iGrid 2000

Pape, D., Anstey, J., Carter, B., Leigh, J., Roussou, M., Portlock, T.

image The Delfinio at Miletus Credit: D. Pape, EVL

As part of the iGrid Research Demonstration at INET 2000, we created two Virtual Cultural Heritage environments - “Virtual Harlem” and “Shared Miletus”. The purpose of these applications was to explore possibilities in using the combination of high-speed international networks and virtual reality (VR) displays for cultural heritage education. Our ultimate goal is to enable the construction of tele-immersive museums and classes.

In this paper we present an overview of the infrastructure used for these applications, and some details of their construction.