In this paper, we propose various levels of non-photorealistic rendering(NPR) scheme for virtual heritage. The different levels of rendering are simple feature level, semantic level and imaginative level. At the simple feature level, simple facts or features are represented. Semantics generated from relations between features and/or environmental context are represented at the semantic level of...

This report describes unique surveillance system on a section of I-80 freeway in the city of Emeryville. The system, called the Berkeley Highway Laboratory (BHL), consists of eight dual loop detector stations along the freeway section, and 12 video cameras. Advanced machine vision algorithms were developed to process the video data to generate vehicle trajectories. Efforts are underway to fuse ...

In the cultural heritage domain information systems are increasingly deployed, digital representations of physical objects are produced in immense numbers and there is a strong political pressure on memory institutions to make their holdings accessible to the public in digital form. The sector splits into a set of disciplines with highly specialized fields. Due to the resulting diversity, one c...

This paper presents an interactive, collaborative virtual heritage system that employs tangible interfaces to make learning experience more interesting and effective. The system is designed for a group of users collaboratively play games to learn a Korean cultural heritage site, the ‘Moyang’ castle. While most virtual heritage applications focus on the reconstruction of objects or places, it ai...

Alonzo C. Addison serves as Director of the Center for Design Visualization, University of California, Berkeley. A co-founder of the Virtual Heritage Network, his work ranges from historical visualization to design simulation, information architecture, and collaborative networks. Currently completing a doctorate in design theory from Berkeley, he also holds an MA in architecture from the univer...

The area of virtual heritage has long been concentrated on generating digital reconstructions of historical or archaeological artefacts and sites with enough fidelity to be truly accurate representations of their real-world counterparts. In some cases, the advancement of tools and techniques for achieving greater visual realism has distracted from the development of other directions that enhanc...

Virtual Reality is gaining momentum and widespread popularity in the field of archaeology in order to support research, education, preservation and reconstruction of sites and objects of cultural, heritage and religious significance. The recent emergence of the Virtual Heritage Network has also promoted the use of VR and associated multimedia technologies in the field of natural and cultural he...

This paper surveys current notions of social and cultural presence as they may help the evaluation of cultural heritage projects. We argue that cultural heritage requires specialized evaluation, as key issues both connect and separate the aims of presence researchers and cultural heritage experts. To support this argument, three case studies of virtual heritage evaluations are summarized, and r...

Virtual heritage reconstructions usually focus on displaying architecture or artefacts, with virtual humans playing only minor roles. In the real world, however, such places are, or have been, populated. We introduce a virtual crowd into the real-time 3D reconstruction of a complex heritage edifice to increase the realism of the reconstructed scene. We create a virtual population of worshippers...