PRESENTATION: The diversity of virtual worlds

INTRODUCTORY PAPERS

    VISUALIZING WHAT MIGHT BE. AN INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNIQUES IN ARCHAEOLOGY.

by J.A.Barceló Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona.

  EXCAVATION REPORTS USING VIRTUAL REALITY: CASE STUDIES AND CAVEATS  

By Donald Sanders, Learning Sites, Inc. 

   REALISM VS. REALITY: CREATING VIRTUAL RECONSTRUCTIONS OF PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE 

By John Kantner, Georgia State University

   NATIVE AMERICAN VIRTUAL REALITY ARCHAEOLOGY: AN ARCHITECT'S PERSPECTIVE 

By Dennis R. Holloway, Architect, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

  TECHNICAL PAPERS

  PLANS, ELEVATIONS AND VIRTUAL WORLDS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES FOR THE ROUTINE CONSTRUCTION OF HYPERREAL SIMULATIONS. 

By Mark Gillings, University of Leicester

  DETAILED MODEL ACQUISITION FOR VIRTUAL REALITY 

By M. Pollefeys, M. Proesmans, R. Koch, M. Vergauwen and L. Van Gool,  Leuven University

  3D FACIAL RE-CONSTRUCTION AND VISUALIZATION OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMIES USING SPIRAL CT DATA SOFT TISSUES RE-CONSTRUCTION AND TEXTURES APPLICATION 

By Giuseppe Attardi, Marilina Betrò, Maurizio Forte, Roberto Gori, Silvano Imboden, Francesco Mallegni, Dpt. Scienze Storiche del Mondo Antico, Università di Pisa, CINECA -Centro Universitaria de Supercalcolo-Laboratorio de Visualizzacione, Italy

   ILLUMINATION AND THE VIRTUAL RECONSTRUCTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. 

By Geneviève Lucet DGSCA, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

   HORSE-GRAVE OF AVARIAN AGE: A VIRTUAL FLIGHT IMPLEMENTING PARALLEL ENVIRONMENT 

By R.De Nicola, B.Genito, A.Giordano, S.Guarino, S.Laurenza (Istituto per la Ricerca sui Sistemi Informatici Paralleli (IRSIP) CNR Napoli (Italia), Dipartimento Studi Asiatici (DSA) Istituto Universitario Orientale (IUO) Napoli (Italia)

   PRE-RENDERING ACOUSTICS AND ILLUMINATION FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS 

By Jackson Pope and Alan Chalmers, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, UK

   COMPUTER SIMULATION OF STONEHENGE 

By Emilia Pasztor, Curt Roslund, Akos Juhasz, Miklos Dombi Dunaferr Human Institute,Hungary, and Gothenburg University, Sweden

   VRML RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NEOLITHIC MONUMENT COMPLEX OF THORNBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE- A PHENOMENOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE NIGHT SKY 

By Glyn Goodrick & Jan Harding, Department of Archaeology,  University of Newcastle

   FORM AND FABRIC, THE REAL AND THE VIRTUAL: GEOMETRICAL CONSTRAINTS IN DRESSEL'S TABLE OF AMPHORA FORMS. 

By Cornelius Steckner, Römisch-Germanisch Zentral Museum, Köln, Germany

  AN INTERACTION SYSTEM FOR THE PRESENTATION OF A VIRTUAL EGYPTIAN FLUTE IN A REAL MUSEUM 

By A. Brogni, E. Bresciani, M. Bergamasco, F. Silvano PERCRO Laboratory and University of Pisa, Italy

  IMMERSIVE WALK-THROUGH EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE ANCIENT VILLAGES WITH VISTA-WALK SYSTEM 

By Rieko Kadobayashi, Kazushi Nishimoto, and Kenji Mase,  ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories

  A WWW VIRTUAL MUSEUM FOR THE HISTORY OF A CITY

By M.E. Bonfigli, A.Guidazzoli, (Supercomputing Group, CINECA and  University of Bologna

  THE INTERNET AND VIRTUAL REALITY IN HERITAGE EDUCATION: MORE THAN JUST A TECHNICAL PROBLEM 

By Dr. William L. Mitchell and Daphne Economou,  Manchester Metropolitan University

  VIRTUAL REALITY AND ANCIENT ROME: ROME REBORN AND THE SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE PROJECT 

By: Bernard Frischer (UCLA Dept. of Classics), Dean Abernathy (UCLA Dept. of Architecture), Diane Favro (UCLA Dept. of Architecture), Paolo Liverani (Vatican Museums, Dept. of Antiquities), Sible de Blaauw (Istituto Olandese di Roma)

   IMMERSIVE IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH

by Louise Krasniewicz, UCLA's Digital Archaeology Lab  

ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

TRAVEL TO THE TIME OF THE IBERIAN 

By Arturo Ruiz Rodríguez, Manuel Molinos Molinos, Luis María Gutiérrez Soler, María Ángeles Royo Encarnación, Antonella Guidazzoli, Luigi Calori. Universidad de Jaén - Spain- and CINECA - Italy-

THE BATHS OF BAETULO: From archaelogical to virtual reality

By Josep Gurri and Esther Gurri, Dortoka Disseny, Ltd

THE USE OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND GEOMETRICAL MODELIZATION IN MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY 

By Olivier Feihl, ArcheoTech, S.A., Switzerland

3D VISUALIZATIONS OF A FIRST-CENTURY GALILEAN TOWN 

Charles Hixon, Peter Richardson, and Ann Spurling  University of Toronto, WXXI-Television, Cartesian FX

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND ARCHAEOLOGY AT SAGALASSOS: METHODOLOGY AND POSSIBILITIES OF 3D COMPUTER RECONSTRUCTIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES 

By F. Martens, P. Legrand, J.Legrand, L.Loots, M.Waelkens,  University of Leuven

VIRTUAL MODELLING OF THE BASILICA AREA OF EMMAUS-NICOPOLIS 

By M. Louhivuori, A. Soderlund and O. Soderlund  Israel Antiquities Authority (Jerusalem), Helsinki University of Technology and Micro Aided Design, Finland

MEDIEVAL TURKU - THE LOST CITY. A PROJECT TRYING TO RECONSTRUCT A MEDIEVAL TOWN IN FINLAND

By K.Uotila and M.Sartes, Aboa Museum, Finland

VIRTUAL REALITY AS AN EXTENSION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD. RECONSTRUCTION OF AN IRON AGE FORTRESS: ELS VILARS (ARBECA, CATALONIA, SPAIN) 

By E. Junyent, J.Lorés, University of Lleida, Spain

RECONSTITUTION OF THE INTENDANTS SECOND PALACE, QUEBEC CITY, AROUND 1730

By Richard Lapointe, Université Laval, Canada

THE ESTENSE CASTLE OF FERRARA (ITALY): MULTIMEDIA PROJECT AND VIRTUAL RECONSTRUCTION 

By Maurizio Forte, Inst.of Technology Applied to Cultural Heritage, Rome, and Davide Borra, Politecnico of Turin

THE VIRTUAL WROXETER ROMAN FORTRES

By Sally Exon, Vince Gaffney & Roger White.  University of Birmingham Field Archaeology Unit

VIRTUAL REALITY AND RECONSTRUCTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PLACES: A PRACTICAL TASK, "EL CASTILLAR" OF MENDAVIA (NAVARRA, SPAIN).

By J.J. Prieto. Departamento de Arqueología, Universidad de Navarra. Spain.

3D MONUMENT RECONSTRUCTION AND ITS ACCEPTANCE BY A VARIED AUDIENCE.

By Vangelis Christodoulou , and John Svolos,  Foundation of the Hellenic World, Greece.

  THE GREAT PYRAMID OF KHUFU

By Klaus-Peter Beier et all. University of Michigan

  EARTH WORKS: Virtual explorations of the Ancient Ohio Valley

By CERHAS: University of Cincinnati

CONCLUDING ADDRESS

ABOUT VIRTUAL ARCHAEOLOGY: DISORDER, INTERACTION AND VIRTUALITY

By Maurizio Forte, Inst.of Technology Applied to Cultural Heritage, Rome