3DSSE – A 3D Scene Search Engine: Exploring 3D scenes using keywords

Abstract: The evolution of real time 3D graphics technologies in combination with high bandwidth Internet connections and modern Web browsers enable users to explore complex 3D scenes. As a rule, a virtual visitor has to manually explore the geometrically complex 3D model in order to discover points...

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Publicado en:Journal of Cultural Heritage Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 187 - 195
Autores principales: Koutsoudis, Anestis, Stavroglou, Konstantinos, Pavlidis, George, Chamzas, Christodoulos
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Apr-Jun2012
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          Stavroglou, Konstantinos
          Pavlidis, George
          Chamzas, Christodoulos
        affil: Cultural and Educational Technology Institute/‘Athena’ Research and Innovation Centre in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies, 58 Tsimiski street, Xanthi 67100, Greece
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        Bandwidths
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