3Dpublish: A Web-Based Solution for Building Dynamic 3D Virtual Museums

Abstract

ABSTRACT:Today museums around the world offer their content through two basic methods: a simple view of their artworks through a content viewer, or through a custom designed 2D or 3D virtual exhibition in which the pieces and the scene are static. This paper describes a 3DPublish tool which represents an alternative to these two static solutions thereby giving the possibility to dynamically manage a 3D virtual scenario (real or imaginary) and the artwork that composes it. This gives the user a most realistic experience through different exhibitions, using various added value methods like storytelling or virtual tours. 3DPublish will facilitate the museum curator's daily tasks and will improve the final results for 3D virtual museum exhibitions. This application was created as part of the Tourspheres project, whose challenge is to explore new measurement systems to reach a more valuable tourist behavior comprehension. But after the experience (presented in this paper as a case study) of creating a custom development for an exhibition for the Kubo Gallery in San Sebastian (SPAIN), the work focused on abstracting all processes to package the 3DPublish tool with the aim that it becomes a commercial solution.

Realistic Simulation of Cultural Heritage

“…In the following paragraphs we present the basics of some of the most popular contemporary game engines that are currently available, including Unity, CryEngine and Unreal. We have collected all major advantages and disadvantages regarding these game engines as discussed in (Patel et al, 2003;Craighead et al, 2008;Sillaurren & Aguirrezabal, 2012;Unity3d, 2016;Unreal, 2016;Crytek, 2016;Kiourt et al, 2016). Unity (Patel, White, Walczak, & Sayd, 2003;Unity3d, 2016) is a 2D/3D game engine, which offers a wide range of features and a user friendly GUI.…”

“…Papastamatiou et al (Papastamatiou, Alexandridis, Tsergoulas et al, 2010), presented a dynamic Web-based 3D e-shop system for commercial use, offering a WYSIWYG graphical user interface. Furthermore, Sillaurren & Aguirrezabal (Sillaurren & Aguirrezabal, 2012), presented 3DPublish, a content management system that was developed in Unity3D game engine and allowed the generation of dynamic 3D exhibitions. Furthermore, works like (Bellotti, Berta, Gloria, D'ursi, & Fiore, 2012) focus on a generalization of the task-based learning theory in applications using smart mobile devices.…”

The Development of Dynamic Virtual Tour at Subak-Tabanan Museum

“…Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality is also applied to Museums in Indonesia as Virtual Tour. As museums worldwide offer their content through two basic methods: the simple display of their artwork through a content viewer or through specially designed 2D or 3D virtual exhibitions in which the pieces and views are static [4].…”