Virtual reconstruction of a seventeenth-century Portuguese nau

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dc.contributor.advisor Parke, Frederic en_US
dc.creator Wells, Audrey Elizabeth, 1982- en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2008-10-10T21:02:47Z
dc.date.available 2008-10-10T21:02:47Z
dc.date.created 2008-08 en_US
dc.date.issued 2008-10-10T21:02:47Z
dc.identifier.uri http://handle.tamu.edu/1969.1/86071
dc.description.abstract This interdisciplinary research project combines the fields of nautical archaeology and computer visualization to create an interactive virtual reconstruction of the 1606 Portuguese vessel Nossa Senhora dos Mártires, also known as the Pepper Wreck. Using reconstruction information provided by Dr. Filipe Castro (Texas A&M Department of Anthropology), a detailed 3D computer model of the ship was constructed and filled with cargo to demonstrate how the ship might have been loaded on the return voyage from India. The models are realistically shaded, lighted, and placed into an appropriate virtual environment. The scene can be viewed using the real-time immersive and interactive system developed by Dr. Frederic Parke (Texas A&M Department of Visualization). The process developed to convert the available information and data into a reconstructed 3D model is documented. This documentation allows future projects to adapt this process for other archaeological visualizations, as well as informs archaeologists about the type of data most useful for computer visualizations of this kind. en_US
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dc.format.medium electronic en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Texas A&M University en_US
dc.subject virtual archaeology en_US
dc.subject immersive visualization en_US
dc.subject ship reconstruction en_US
dc.title Virtual reconstruction of a seventeenth-century Portuguese nau en_US
thesis.degree.department Architecture en_US
thesis.degree.discipline Visualization Sciences en_US
thesis.degree.grantor Texas A&M University en_US
thesis.degree.name M. S. en_US
thesis.degree.level Masters en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember LaFayette, Carol en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember Castro, Filipe en_US
dc.type.genre Thesis en_US
dc.type.material text en_US
dc.format.digitalOrigin born digital en_US

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