Center For Visualization & Virtual Environments
Welcome to the University of Kentucky's multi-disciplinary Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments. Through research, education, and external partnerships, it is the mission of the Center to enable new visualization technologies and to advance the art of immersive visualization by addressing the scientific and engineering challenges related to visual simulations and virtual environments.
The mission is carried out by faculty, staff and students with expertise in computer vision and image processing, data acquisition, graphics, human-computer interaction, multimedia, and networking and is dedicated to research and development of computer-generated immersive environments, ambient environments, dynamic scene acquisition and preservation, advanced telepresence and telecommunications, and visualization applications in areas such as education and training, medicine, manufacturing, security and daily life. Researchers are building state-of-the-art visualization and display environments for different applications. The research includes efficient 3D data acquisition and analysis and computer vision and graphics problems related to model acquisition and tracking of people and objects in order to populate and preserve realistic three-dimensional scenes.
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Head of Conservation from the London Natural History Museum visits the Vis Center
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Congratulations to Dr. Ruigang Yang
Dr. Ruigang Yang (Computer Science) has been promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with Tenure.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Enhanced Digital Unwrapping for Conservation & Exploration (EDUCE)
This summer, Dr. Brent Seales and the EDUCE project of the University of Kentucky's Center for Visualization will test the effects of 3D X-ray scanning of two carbonized papyrus scrolls from Herculaneum. The scrolls in question have never before been opened or read which are now located in the French National Institute in Paris.