Title :
The Digital Hadrian´s Villa Project: Using virtual worlds to control suspected solar alignments
Author :
Frischer, Bernard ; Fillwalk, John
Author_Institution :
Virtual World Heritage Lab., Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
This paper discusses how the Digital Hadrian´s Villa Project has used virtual world technology to control the validity of a claimed alignment between the sun´s position at sunset on the summer solstice during the reign of Hadrian (117-138 CE) and the tower structure at Hadrian´s Villa known as Roccabruna. The conclusion is reached that virtual world technology is usefully applied in investigations of this kind.
Keywords :
astroarchaeology; building; museums; Hadrian reign; Roccabruna; digital Hadrian´s villa project; summer solstice; sun position; sunset; virtual world technology; Avatars; Buildings; Calendars; Educational institutions; Rendering (computer graphics); Solid modeling; Sun; C3; Hadrian´s Villa; NASA Horizons System; Unity3D; archaeoastronomy; solar tracking; virtual worlds;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM), 2012 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Milan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2564-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2563-9
DOI :
10.1109/VSMM.2012.6365906
