Cumulus

Visualization of cultural heritage objects in the form of point clouds directly in a web browser.

The project was carried out in cooperation with the Team for the Inventory of Monuments of the National Heritage Institute. The aim of the CUMULUS project was to develop a tool allowing the visualization of cultural heritage objects in the form of point clouds directly in a web browser. In recent years, a change has been taking place due to the entry of museums into the digital era and the related search for more and more attractive forms of presenting exhibits. The popularization of high-speed Internet connections and the dynamic development of web browsers have made it possible to visualize 3D models directly in the user’s browser. In the case of such large amounts of data, it was necessary to work on adaptive loading of point clouds and their visualization to ensure interactive operation of the application regardless of the amount of data. The developed solution has a number of tools supporting work with scans, both for users and for people professionally involved in the digitization of monuments. These include changing virtual lighting, extensive virtual camera control options, and tools for generating orthophotomaps. A simplified version of the website is also available, offering only basic navigation options to be embedded on the website.