The DinosVirtuais Project: a virtual approach of a real exhibition
Marcos Coutinho Monnerat de Araujo, Pedro S. R. Romano, Orlando Nelson Grillo, Cristina Jasbinschek Haguenauer, Sergio Alex Kugland de Azevedo, Gerson Gomes Cunha · 2012
The Shape-from-silhouette digitization technique allied to the VRML/X3D programming language makes possible to develop a low cost form to exhibit any content using the World Wide Web. Here, we present the use of such techniques in order to create a vertebrate paleontology exhibition of the installations of the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. By means of VRML/X3D it is possible to exhibit exemplars that, for a diversity of reasons, cannot be exhibited physically in the museum. Beyond that, the incorporation of user friendly technology to a scientific purpose may be a promising way to bring children and the youth closer to scientific museums, joining together education and entertainment. Keywords: Virtual Reality; VRML; X3D; Shape-from-silhouette, Vertebrates Paleontology; Dinosaur; Edutainment.