Virtual Reality for archaeological explanation
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In this paper, a general framework for using Virtual Reality techniques in thedomain of Archaeological Visualisation is presented. It is argued that “visualising” is notthe same as “seeing”, but is an inferential process to understand reality. A definition ofEnhanced Reality is also presented, and how visual models can be used in order to obtainadditional information about the dynamic nature of historical processes and archaeologi-cal data.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002