Automatic 3D Blogging to Support the Collaborative Experience of 3D Digital Archives

• Published in: Digital Libraries: Implementing Strategies and Sharing Experiences pp. 109 - 118
• Main Author: Kadobayashi, Rieko
• Format: Book Chapter Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2005; Springer
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Archaeological Site; Collaborative Experience; Computer science; control theory; systems; Digital Archive; Exact sciences and technology; Information systems. Data bases; Memory organisation. Data processing; Museum Informatics; Network Virtual Environment; Software; Legged locomotion; Walking; World wide web; Museum; Cultural heritage; Internet; Digital archive; Electronic library; Modeling; Information browsing; Archaeological sites
• ISBN: 9783540308508; 3540308504
• ISSN: 0302-9743; 1611-3349
• DOI: 10.1007/11599517_13

Digital archives that include 3D CG models of, for example, art works and archaeological sites are now commonly created for a wide range of purposes. Unlike traditional museums where people can visit in a group, access to digital archives and browsing of their contents are solitary activities. Thus, users cannot as easily gain a deep understanding of the contents and are less likely to truly enjoy the contents. We therefore propose a method to support collaborative experiencing of 3D digital archives related to cultural heritages. To achieve this goal, we developed a system that enables automatic blogging of annotations made to 3D content. The annotations a user makes to the 3D content of archives while “walking” through them are automatically converted into a blog on a web page. Users’ experiences, through annotations expressing their impressions, opinions, suggestions, and so on, are converted into content, which can then be used by subsequent users as a reference or guide when browsing the archives.