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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791989603321

Titolo

Paradata and transparency in virtual heritage [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Anna Bentkowska-Kafel, Hugh Denard, and Drew Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England, : Ashgate, c2012

ISBN

1-315-59936-8

1-317-08425-X

1-317-08424-1

1-283-38299-7

9786613382993

1-4094-3761-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Collana

Digital research in the arts and humanities

Altri autori (Persone)

Bentkowska-KafelAnna

DenardHugh

BakerDrew

Disciplina

363.6/9

Soggetti

Cultural property - Digitization

Interpretation of cultural and natural resources

Visualization - Data processing

Digital media

Digital images

Virtual reality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Conventions and emerging standards -- pt. 2. Data interpretation: methods and tools -- pt. 3. Data management and communication -- pt. 4. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Computer-Generated Images (CGIs) are widely used and accepted in the world of entertainment but the use of the very same visualization techniques in academic research in the Arts and Humanities remains controversial. The techniques and conceptual perspectives on heritage visualization are a subject of an ongoing interdisciplinary debate. By demonstrating scholarly excellence and best technical practice in this area, this volume is concerned with the challenge of providing



intellectual transparency and accountability in visualization-based historical research. Addressing a range of cognitive an