scholarly journals Supporting Sign Language Narrations in the Museum

Heritage ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Partarakis ◽  
Xenophon Zabulis ◽  
Michalis Foukarakis ◽  
Mirοdanthi Moutsaki ◽  
Emmanouil Zidianakis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
Motion Capture ◽  
Industrial Process ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Virtual Human ◽  
Chewing Gum ◽  
Virtual Spaces ◽  
Accessible Form

The accessibility of Cultural Heritage content for the diverse user population visiting Cultural Heritage Institutions and accessing content online has not been thoroughly discussed. Considering the penetration of new digital media in such physical and virtual spaces, lack of accessibility may result in the exclusion of a large user population. To overcome such emerging barriers, this paper proposes a cost-effective methodology for the implementation of Virtual Humans, which are capable of narrating content in a universally accessible form and acting as virtual storytellers in the context of online and on-site CH experiences. The methodology is rooted in advances in motion capture technologies and Virtual Human implementation, animation, and multi-device rendering. This methodology is employed in the context of a museum installation at the Chios Mastic Museum where VHs are presenting the industrial process of mastic processing for chewing gum production.

scholarly journals Analysis and Optimization of a Novel Hexagonal Waveguide Concentrator for Solar Thermal Applications

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 2146
Author(s):  
Karunesh Kant ◽  
Karthik Nithyanandam ◽  
Ranga Pitchumani
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Process ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Solar Irradiation ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Solar Concentrator ◽  
Thermal Desalination ◽  
Process Heat ◽  
Solar Thermal Applications ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Operation And Maintenance Cost

This paper analyzes a novel, cost-effective planar waveguide solar concentrator design that is inspired by cellular hexagonal structures in nature with the benefits of facile installation and low operation and maintenance cost. A coupled thermal and optical analysis of solar irradiation through an ideal hexagonal waveguide concentrator integrated with a linear receiver is presented, along with a cost analysis methodology, to establish the upper limit of performance. The techno-economic model, coupled with numerical optimization, is used to determine designs that maximized power density and minimized the cost of heat in the temperature range of 100–250 °C, which constitutes more than half of the industrial process heat demand. Depending on the incident solar irradiation and the application temperature, the cost of heat for the optimal design configuration ranged between 0.1–0.27 $/W and 0.075–0.18 $/W for waveguide made of ZK7 glass and polycarbonate, respectively. A techno-economic analysis showed the potential of the technology to achieve cost as low as 80 $/m2 and 61 $/m2 for waveguide made of ZK7 glass and polycarbonate material, respectively, which is less than half the cost of state-of-the-art parabolic trough concentrators. Overall, the hexagonal waveguide solar concentrator technology shows immense potential for decarbonizing the industrial process heat and thermal desalination sectors.

Research of Sign Language Synthesis Based on VRML

2013 ◽  
Vol 347-350 ◽  
pp. 2631-2635
Author(s):  
Shi Cai Yu ◽  
Rong Lu
Keyword(s):  
Sign Language ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Computer Assisted Instruction ◽  
Virtual Human ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Smoothing Algorithm ◽  
Human Body Modeling ◽  
Sign Language Synthesis ◽  
Assisted Instruction

Sign language is to help the deaf and normal hearing people natural communication and computer assisted instruction. Through the analysis of language features, and proposed one kind based on the VRML human body modeling and virtual human based on context of gesture smoothing algorithm, thus the sign language synthesis research and implementation.

Afterword

Traversals ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dene Grigar
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
And Migration

This chapter concludes by raising the issue of the Sappho Syndrome, whereby whole works disappear and only are known through fragments and references to them. In doing so, the chapter provides a call to action for Digital Humanities to take on the task of preserving the cultural heritage reflected in born-digital media through a multi-faceted approach involving not just emulation and migration of media but also collection and documentation.

Offshoring Entertainment and Media to India

2008 ◽  
pp. 142-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyssa D. Schwender ◽  
Christopher J.M. Leet
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Global Media ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Venture Funding ◽  
Growing Region

This chapter explores opportunities for the offshoring of assorted processes in the global entertainment and media industry. Currently, this industry is experiencing incredible growth, much of it spurred by the increased digitalization of media production around the world. The rise of digital technology, faster global connectivity, an increased quality of downloads have been the driving factors behind this growth. The filmed entertainment, recorded music, and television networks and distribution sectors of the industry will undergo major technological changes in the coming years. These changes will provide opportunities for entrepreneurs to enter the global media industry. Using venture funding, startups are utilizing offshoring concepts to create a more efficient cost-effective means of doing business. The Asia Pacific market is currently the fastest-growing region, with India leading the way with offshoring of film functions. The industry will see a change from large media conglomerates as the sole owners of all media to smaller companies offering services, in which they specialize, to these larger companies, as digital media makes it easily accessible around the globe.

Reimagining the Audience-Dancer Relationship Through Mobile Augmented Reality

2020 ◽  
pp. 119-141
Author(s):  
Patrick Pennefather ◽  
Claudia Krebs ◽  
Julie-Anne Saroyan
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Motion Capture ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Mobile Augmented Reality ◽  
Traditional Use ◽  
Dance Company ◽  
Before And After

The research and development of an augmented reality (AR) application for Vancouver-based dance company Small Stage challenged a team of students at a graduate digital media program to understand how AR might reinvent the audience-dancer relationship. This chapter will chronicle the AR and choreographic development process that occurred simultaneously. Based on the documentation of that process, a number of insights emerged that dance creators and AR developers may find useful when developing an AR experience as counterpart to a live dance production. These include (1) understanding the role of technology to support or disrupt the traditional use of a proscenium-based stage, (2) describing how AR can be used to augment an audience's experience of dance, (3) integrating a motion capture pipeline to accelerate AR development to support the before and after experience of a public dance production.

Current and future methodologies for quantitative analysis of information transfer in sign language and gesture data

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evie Malaia
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
Motion Capture ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Video Data ◽  
Noninvasive Methods ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Biological Differentiation

AbstractState-of-the-art methods of analysis of video data now include motion capture and optical flow from video recordings. These techniques allow for biological differentiation between visual communication and noncommunicative motion, enabling further inquiry into neural bases of communication. The requirements for additional noninvasive methods of data collection and automatic analysis of natural gesture and sign language are discussed.

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