Initial User-Centered Design of a Virtual Reality Heritage System: Applications for Digital Tourism

Remote Sensing

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Florent Poux¹  Quentin Valembois¹  Roland Billen¹  Christian Mattes²  Leif Kobbelt² 

[1] Department of Geography, Faculty of Sciences, Geomatics Unit University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium;

[2] Visual Computing Institute, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany;

关键词: point clouds;    virtual reality;    3D modeling;    laser scanning;    photogrammetry;    reality capture;   

DOI  :  10.3390/rs12162583

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Reality capture allows for the reconstruction, with a high accuracy, of the physical reality of cultural heritage sites. Obtained 3D models are often used for various applications such as promotional content creation, virtual tours, and immersive experiences. In this paper, we study new ways to interact with these high-quality 3D reconstructions in a real-world scenario. We propose a user-centric product design to create a virtual reality (VR) application specifically intended for multi-modal purposes. It is applied to the castle of Jehay (Belgium), which is under renovation, to permit multi-user digital immersive experiences. The article proposes a high-level view of multi-disciplinary processes, from a needs analysis to the 3D reality capture workflow and the creation of a VR environment incorporated into an immersive application. We provide several relevant VR parameters for the scene optimization, the locomotion system, and the multi-user environment definition that were tested in a heritage tourism context.

【 授权许可】

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