Presentation by Will Rourk on Cultural Heritage Informatics at the University of Virginia for the CLIR3DVR forum on 3D technologies

1. Will Rourk
Scholars’ Lab
University of Virginia Library
Preserving Artifact and Architecture
with Cultural Heritage Informatics
at the University of Virginia
3D/VR Creation and Curation in Higher Education:
A Colloquium to Explore Standards and Best Practices
University of Oklahoma
2018 MARCH 8

2. Cultural Heritage Informatics
http://bit.ly/UVA3D
COLLABORATORS
The Fralin Museum of Art
Monticello
Home of Thomas Jefferson
Montpelier
Home of James Madison
The Kluge-Ruhe
Aboriginal Art Collection
UVA Library
Special Collections
Rivanna Archaeological
Services
The Tibetan and
Himalayan Library
At UVA
AGENTS
Institute for
Advanced Technology
in the Humanities
UVA Library
Scholars’ Lab
Spatial Technologies
UVA Library
Content Stewardship
UVA
Facilities Management

3. artifact
(Fralin 3DGV)
architecture
Cultural Heritage Data : Laser Scanning / LIDAR
archaeology
Zscanner 700 CX
scanner accuracy
= approx .2mm
scanner effective range
= approx .3m
24 bit color texture capture
creates mesh models
FARO Focus 3D
scanner accuracy
= approx 2mm
scanner effective range
= approx 60m
integrated color texture capture
captures point cloud data

4. Cultural Heritage Data : Photogrammetry
terrestrial
DSLR with prime lens
(Canon 7D with 50 mm prime)
Point & Shoot
(Olympus TG-4 w/ remote app)
aerial
DJI Inspire
Max Flight Time
= approx. 18 mins
Max Flight Alt
= 4500 m
Camera Model
= X3 FC350
Max Image Resolution
= 12.4 MP
Lens
= 20mm ; f/2.8
Video Recording
= 4K, FullHD, HD

5. Cultural Heritage Data : Multimodal Data
The Rotunda Eastern Cistern

6. Cultural Heritage Data : http://bit.ly/DataNotModels
… and NOT
3D pictures!!!

7. http://juel.iath.virginia.edu
3D Reconstruction : JUEL Project

8. 3D Reconstruction : Humanities Virtual Worlds Consortium - LhasaVR
http://bit.ly/LhasaVR

9. Cultural Heritage Data : Processing
Primary Data
(raw source)
Secondary Data
(1st Tier Derivatives)
Tertiary+ Data
(2nd+ Tier Derivatives)

10. 3D Print
CAD
Interactive 3D
Web 3D
Cultural Heritage Data : Output Modes

11. Cultural Heritage Data : Artifacsimile

12. Augmented / Mixed RealityVirtual Reality
Cultural Heritage Data : Output Modes

13. Pano 360 VR
Insta360 Pro
Samsung
Gear 360
Marzipano
FARO Scene (LT)
Cultural Heritage Data/Media : Output Modes

14. Cultural Heritage Data – Why Do We Even Do This? Why CHI?!?
27 OCTOBER 1895

15. Archives : Formats
.fls *
.csf *
.pscan*
.xlr*
.ptx
.pts
.xyz
point cloud
.obj / .mtl / .tif,.bmp*
.dae (OpenCollada)
.ply (ascii)
.wrl / .x3d
.stl (ascii)
mesh
(*troublesome binary formats with dependencies – yikes!) (… friendly text formatted files that will live forever …)

16. http://aptrust.org
Archives : Academic Preservation Trust

17. SOLR Indexing VIRGO
http://search.lib.virginia.edu
Libra - Dataverse
http://bit.ly/FralinKotyleDV
Archives : THE LIBRARY

18. Drupal UI The Fralin Museum
EmbARK DB
http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/3dhop
http://bit.ly/Fralin3DKotyle
Archives : THE LIBRARY

19. 3D Geographic
Information System
- 3DGIS -
Historic Building
Information Model
- HBIM -
vs
ArcGIS Pro
City Engine
Arc Scene
ESRI ArcGIS Suite
(Environmental Systems Research Institute)
QGIS / GRASS* / etc …
Autodesk
Revit
IFC* / Open BIM / etc …
vs
Cultural Heritage Informatics – Directions : Spatial Data Platforms
*Industry Foundation Classes*Geographic Resources Analysis Support System

20. Cultural Heritage Informatics Virtual Reality Platform
(CHIVR)
Cultural Heritage Informatics – Directions
University of Mary Washington
Center for Historic Preservation
James Madison University Library
Innovation Services
University of Virginia Library
Scholars’ Lab
Health Sciences Library
University of Virginia
Immersive VR Student SIG
University of Virginia
Institute for Advanced
Technology in the Humanities
(IATH)

21. Pedagogy - #CHIintern
Cultural Heritage Informatics – Directions
#AdrianaTheIntern
#AndrewTheIntern
#BaxterTheIntern
#ElizaTheIntern
#LaureyTheIntern
… revolutionizing the field …
http://bit.ly/UVACHIpedagogy

22. THANX
!
!
will@virginia.edu
@rezn8r
http://bit.ly/UVA3D