Title :
The Representation of Virtual Cultural Heritage Based on Key Events
Author :
Zhong, Zheng ; Zhang, Ling ; Sun, Chuanming
Author_Institution :
Nat. Eng. Res. Center for E-learning, Huazhong Normal Univ., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
In order to enhance the realism and vivid nature of stories in virtual cultural heritage, an Agent model is used to represent each character in virtual environment. A simple transition structure is designed to meet the needs of narrative representation in virtual environment based on key events description. It can achieve automatic and interactive events generation and their transition. And the story generated modes is adopted to construct story scripts. Finally, this method is applied to reorganize many character´s models and their behaviors of the Tujia wedding show in Virtual Badong. The result shows that it can enhance visitors´ immersion in virtual cultural heritage, make them understand cultural heritage, and increase the breadth and depth of cultural dissemination effectively.
Keywords :
history; software agents; virtual reality; agent model; interactive events generation; key events description; story generated modes; story scripts; transition structure; virtual cultural heritage; virtual environment; Cultural differences; Databases; Electronic learning; Formal languages; Layout; Personnel; Sun; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Wearable computers; Agent; description of key event; event transition; narrative technique; virtual cultural heritage;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computing Systems (APWCS), 2010 Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shenzhen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6467-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6468-5
DOI :
10.1109/APWCS.2010.100