Creating and using virtual reality : a guide for the arts and humanities / Kate Fernie and Julian D. Richards with contributions by Tony Austin ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fernie, Kate.

Contributor:

Richards, J. D.

Austin, Tony, 1943-

Arts and Humanities Data Service.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

AHDS guides to good practice

AHDS guides to good practice series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtual reality.

Virtual reality in education--Cross-cultural studies.

Virtual reality in education.

Virtual reality in art.

Humanities--Computer simulation.

Humanities.

Computer simulation.

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

vii, 118 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow ; Oakville, CT : David Brown Book Co., 2003.

Contents:

1.1 Who is this Guide for? 1

1.2 Introducing virtual reality 1

1.4 Other Guides in the series 3

Section 2 Virtual Reality: History, Philosophy and Theory 5

2.1 What is virtual reality? 5

2.2 Origins of virtual reality 5

2.3 Flexibility and interaction 6

2.4 Applications 8

2.5 Virtual reality formats 9

2.6 Theoretical considerations for the development of virtual reality projects 10

Section 3 Virtual Reality Methods and Techniques 13

3.2 Good practices for creating virtual reality 13

3.3 User requirements 14

3.4 Building the world 16

3.5 Hardware, testing and maintenance 19

3.6 Bubble worlds 20

3.7 Virtual Reality Modeling Language 23

3.8 X3D 25

3.9 Java and Java3D 26

3.10 Other environments 29

Section 4 Collaborative Virtual Environments 31

4.1 CVE technology; how does it work? 31

4.2 User representation 32

4.3 Interaction and communication 33

4.5 Active Worlds 34

4.6 Blaxxun 35

Section 5 Documenting Data from a Virtual Reality Project 37

5.1 Planning for the creation of digital data 37

5.2 Project documentation 38

5.3 Documenting the audience 39

5.4 Documenting methods and techniques 40

5.5 Documenting the delivery platform 42

5.6 Reporting project outcomes 43

5.7 Description of archive 43

Section 6 Archiving Virtual Reality Projects 45

6.1 Introduction to archiving virtual reality projects 45

6.2 Digital archiving strategies 46

6.3 Archiving particular virtual reality formats 49

6.4 Guidelines for depositing digital archives 50

6.5 Depositing virtual reality with the Arts & Humanities Data Service 51

Section 7 Resource Discovery 54

7.1 Access and use 54

7.2 Metadata and virtual reality projects 54

Appendix 2 Documentation Checklist 60

Appendix 3 Information Standards 65

The Virtual Reality Case Study Library 80

How to locate browsers and plug-ins 80

Netiquette in Collaborative Virtual Environments 80

Case Study 1 Brancusi's Mademoiselle Pogany at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Anthony McCall, Narrative Rooms 82

Case Study 2 Exorcising the Flesh Kate Allen 85

Case Study 3 Virtual Saltburn by the Sea: Creative Content Design for Virtual Environments Clive Fencott, University of Teeside 89

Case Study 4 Learning Sites 102

1 Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II 102

2 Ancient Greece: Town and Country 103

Case Study 5 Virtual Wroxeter: Roman Fortress Sally Exon, University of Birmingham 105

Case Study 6 Quest for Canturbury's Lost Roman Temple and Metadata Case Study Nick Ryan, University of Kent 107

Case Study 7 Cyberaxis Michael Gerhard, Leeds Metropolitan University 112

Case Study 8 Building Babell II Rachael Beach 114.

Notes:

At head of title: Arts and Humanities Data Service.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [76]-79).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1842170406

OCLC:

52056990