A Virtual Reality Platform for Analyzing Remote Archaeological Sites

Abstract

This paper describes a virtual reality prototype developed to help archaeologists and other stakeholders explore and analyse archaeological data in a more immersive context. We describe a VR reconstruction of Pleito Cave, a fragile world class rock art site with accessibility limitation. Key stakeholders are identified and a prototype is described that provides a VR platform for visualising and interacting with complex archaeological data (gathered from techniques such as decorrelation stretch and x-ray fluorescence) virtually ‘in situ’, in a way that would not be possible at the real site. The prototype allows multiple remote users to interact with the cave together simultaneously providing opportunities for collaborative interpretation and analysis of archaeological data.

Contributors

Brendan Cassidy

Gavin Sim

David Wayne Robinson

Devlin Gandy

Conference

Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 1-5

Affiliations

Department of Computing

University of Central Lancashire

Preston, UK. PR1 2HE

Department of Archaeology

University of Central Lancashire

Preston, UK. PR1, 2HE

Department of Archaeology

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, UK. CB2 3DZ

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.171

Copyright statement: © Cassidy et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of British HCI 2018. Belfast, UK.

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 32

Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Human Computer Interaction Conference

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing