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Article
The virtual museum: Interactive 3D navigation of a multimedia database
Article first published online: 31 OCT 2006
DOI: 10.1002/vis.4340030305
Copyright © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Issue
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The Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation
Volume 3, Issue 3, pages 183–197, July/September 1992
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How to Cite
Miller, G., Hoffert, E., Chen, S. E., Patterson, E., Blackketter, D., Rubin, S., Applin, S. A., Yim, D. and Hanan, J. (1992), The virtual museum: Interactive 3D navigation of a multimedia database. J. Visual. Comput. Animat., 3: 183–197. doi: 10.1002/vis.4340030305
Publication History
- Issue published online: 31 OCT 2006
- Article first published online: 31 OCT 2006
- Manuscript Received: 9 APR 1992
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Keywords:
- Multimedia;
- Hypermedia;
- Video compression;
- Movie;
- Track;
- Virtual navigation;
- Object;
- picking;
- Item buffer;
- Hit testing;
- Hit test track;
- Video track
Abstract
The Virtual Museum is an interactive, electronic museum where users can move from room to room, and select any exhibit in a room for more detailed examination. The exhibits in the museum are educational, encompassing topics such as medicine, plant growth, the environment, and space. To facilitate interaction with the museum, a new method for navigating through a prerendered 3D space, and interacting with objects in that space has been developed, called ‘virtual navigation’. Virtual navigation employs real-time video decompression for the display of, and interaction with, high-quality computer animation. In addition, a representation for 3D objects in animated sequences is used which permits pixel-accurate, frame-accurate object picking, so that a viewer can select any 3D object to trigger movement within the 3D space, to examine an exhibit in animated form, or to play a digital movie or soundtrack. The use of precomputed video permits 3D navigation in a realistic-looking space, without requiring special-purpose graphics hardware.