Ancient Olympia as a Three Dimensional Museum Experience
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This paper will present the techniques used in the production of a 3D narrated tour of the ancient precinct of Olympia set in 200 BC; and detail the approaches undertaken to digitise the Statue of Zeus using an hand held laser scanner, together with the processing of this data into a high resolution model suitable for interactive display. The web site will be briefly described with focus directed to a statistical analysis of its usage.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001