CIS Technical Talk - Friday April 16, 2005
The Department of Computer and Information Science & The Graduate
Student Association Present
Speaker:  | Dr. Peter Allen |
Topic: | Seeing into the Past: Creating a 3D Modeling Pipeline
for Archaeological Visualization |
Date: | Friday April 15, 2005 at 2:00 pm |
Place: | Lincoln Center Campus, LL 816 |
Abstract:
Archaeology is a destructive process in which accurate and detailed recording
of a site is imperative. As a site is exposed, documentation is required in
order to recreate and understand the site in context. We have developed a 3D
modeling pipeline that can assist archaeologists in the documentation effort
by building rich, geometrically and photometrically accurate 3D models of the
site. The modeling effort begins with data acquisition (images, range scans,
GIS data, and video) and ends with the use of a sophisticated visualization
tool that can be used by researchers to explore and understand the site. The
pipeline includes new methods for shadow-based registration of 2D images and
temporal change detection. Our multimodal augmented reality system allows
users wearing head-tracked, see-through, head-worn displays to visualize the
site model and associated archaeological artifacts, and to interact with them
using speech and gesture.
* joint work with S. Feiner, A. Troccoli, H. Benko, E. Ishak, & B. Smith
For more information or directions, contact:
Ms. Diane Roche (718) 817-4480; (roche@cis.fordham.edu)
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