Virtual Exhibitions
Interactive Galleries
We have developed some example 'interactive gallery exhibition spaces' based on VRML extensions that allow you to 'drag & drop' other objects into the gallery space or allow you to move the objects about the gallery space. Applications include space planning in museum galleries (or any other space) through to museum kiosk game environments for visitors. An interactive gallery space may form an element in your virtual museum, tour or exhibition.
To view, navigate and interact with these gallery spaces you will need to have the ParallelGraphics Cortona VRML client installed. This is available for the PC, Mac, Mac OS X and Pocket PC. When you access the VRML based galleries below, if this is not already installed you will be asked to allow installation of the Cortona VRML Client.
Anne of Cleves House (Sussex Archaeological Society)
In this gallery space, you can select objects from the side palettes, drag them into the gallery space and move or position them where you want.
Anne of Cleves Medieval kitchen, Sussex Archaeological Society
Sculpture Gallery (Victoria and Albert Museum)
During the ARCO project we modelled the Gilbert Bayes sculpture gallery and used VRML extensions to build an example application to show how a gallery designer could plan and decorate the gallery space. You can drag and drop exhibits onto the gallery floor and change the wall colours in the same way.
Gilbert Bayes Sculpture Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum
Art Deco Corridor (Victoria and Albert Museum)
In this example, we show the Art Deco corridor populated with some example quasi 3D models developed in ARCO of textile dresses. You navigate around the gallery space, can move and turn the figures with your mouse. Note the more sophisticated texturing of the gallery walls and floors, etc. based on images.
Art Deco Corridor, Victoria and Albert Museum