Visualizing archeological reconstruction with Radiance

Author

Lucet, Geneviève ; Casas, Araceli

Author_Institution

Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

159

Lastpage

167

Abstract

The recreation of vanished architectural environments must include precise simulation of illumination. Working on the reconstruction of Mesoamerican spaces and their visualization, we arrived at a stage in the project that necessitated investigation into natural lighting and the recreation of virtual environments created by various computer programs. In a previous study we compared Lightscape, Alias, RenderMan, and Blue Moon. The present work brings in the results obtained from Radiance, obtaining a visualization of solar illumination that predicts the physical work of the various components with great precision. User friendliness is reviewed, along with the product´s power to obtain an unsullied architectural visualization

Keywords

archaeology; architecture; data visualisation; rendering (computer graphics); user interfaces; Alias; Blue Moon; Lightscape; Mesoamerican spaces; Radiance; RenderMan; archeological reconstruction; architectural environment recreation; illumination simulation; natural lighting; solar illumination; user friendliness; visualization; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Lighting; Mathematical model; Multimedia systems; Predictive models; Solid modeling; Surface reconstruction; Venus; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Systems and Multimedia, 2001. Proceedings. Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berkeley, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1402-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VSMM.2001.969667

Filename

969667