Demonstration
April 9-12, 2008
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Demonstrations: Description

The Virtual Museum of the University's Cultural Heritage of The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México   go to paper

Francisco Caviedes, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Esther de la Herrán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
A. José Luís Pérez Silva, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Andrea I. Miranda Vitela, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Graciela de la Torre, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, México
Rafael Sámano, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, México
Julia Molinar, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, México
José Manuel Magaña, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, México
http://132.248.36.186/museo_virtual/

The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), as an active cultural promoter, implemented a virtual museum system in order to help and develop expression related to art, science and humanities. The UNAM’s cultural heritage is, as in many other universities, a vast number of different kinds of objects, ranging from painting and sculpture to numismatics and architecture, from traditional art to modern multimedia-based exhibits to Scientific Collections. It is impossible to exhibit it all in a single place in an orderly fashion.

The Virtual Museum of the University's Cultural Heritage (VMUCH) is a dynamic interactive space where users navigate and interact with UNAM’s cultural, scientific and historical heritage in 3D real-time space.

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Keywords: virtual museum, cultural heritage, dynamic Interactive space, 3D real-time space