Virtual art galleries: a new kind of cultural objects?

Author

Cavazza, Marc ; Mead, Steven J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Math., Teeside Univ., Middlesbrough, UK

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

590

Abstract

We describe the development of a virtual art gallery based on a game engine´s technology. In the specific case of painting, the development of a virtual gallery comprises both the design of the spatial layout and the editing of high-quality textures from original images. Besides recreating the original gallery atmosphere, virtual painting galleries enable new aesthetic experiences, such as the construction of 3D installations. This ability to interact with high-resolution images should be furthered in the near future, as the next generation of game engines will support larger texture files and sophisticated mapping effects

Keywords

exhibitions; games of skill; image resolution; image texture; virtual reality; 3D installations; cultural objects; game engine technology; game engines; high-quality textures; high-resolution images; mapping effects; spatial layout; texture files; virtual art galleries; virtual painting galleries; Art; Atmosphere; Cultural differences; Displays; Engines; Mathematics; Painting; Prototypes; Subspace constraints; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image Processing, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6725-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIP.2001.959085

Filename

959085