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A Trip to Rome: Physical Replicas of Historical Objects Created in a Fully Automated Way from Photos

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Human-Computer Interaction, Tourism and Cultural Heritage (HCITOCH 2010)

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Abstract

It is normal for tourists to take photos during their holidays, which are then printed, loaded into digital frames or shared on the Internet. This paper describes a new methodology to obtain accurate 3D digital models and material replicas of real objects, starting from digital images acquired with consumer and professional cameras. The implemented software is completely automatic and provides detailed reconstructions. It stands out from other existing approaches for the high metric accuracy of the final product, the level of detail obtainable, the speed of the algorithms and its adaptability under different viewing conditions. Several examples relating to an actual trip to Rome are reported and discussed, showing what a tourist can obtain with this package. Obviously, the method can be used for many other applications in which accurate models are needed.

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  1. Politecnico di Milano – Rilevamento, Campus Point, Polo Regionale di Lecco, Via Ghislanzoni 24, Lecco (LC), 23900, Italy

    Luigi Barazzetti

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  1. HCI Lab., Via Pascoli, S. 15 - CP 7, 24121, Bergamo, Italy

    Francisco V. Cipolla Ficarra  & Miguel Cipolla-Ficarra  & 

  2. EATCO Research Group, Universitiy of Cordoba, Campus Rabanales, 14071, Cordoba, Spain

    Carlos de Castro Lozano

  3. Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond st., G1 1XH, Glasgow, UK

    Emma Nicol

  4. Interactive Media Division, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California, 900 West 34th Street, SCA 201, 90089-2211, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Andreas Kratky

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Barazzetti, L. (2011). A Trip to Rome: Physical Replicas of Historical Objects Created in a Fully Automated Way from Photos. In: Cipolla Ficarra, F.V., de Castro Lozano, C., Nicol, E., Kratky, A., Cipolla-Ficarra, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction, Tourism and Cultural Heritage. HCITOCH 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6529. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18348-5_7

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