THE USE OF 3D HOLOGRAPHIC PYRAMID FOR THE VISUALIZATION OF SINO-PORTUGUESE ARCHITECTURE

Abstract

This paper presents information about archaeological building through Hologram technology and interacts with hand gesture. 4 buildings of Sino Portuguese Architecture are the unique construction in Phuket, Thailand, combined with East and West architecture styles around A.D.1890-1920. The constructions are displayed as virtual building in pyramid hologram which the observer can view around the virtual building and receive their information by visual and audio narrative. Moreover, the user is able to control the point of view with Free-Hand interaction using Leap Motion Controller device. The system uses game engine, Unity3D, to be able to perform real-time rendering for synchronizing gesture command and point of view of the archaeological building. The strengths and weaknesses of 3D holographic technology will be identified as an educational tool to evaluate its effectiveness for providing the information. For the evaluation, a survey has been carried out on 30 participants and the questionnaire has been utilized as a data gathering technique. Findings show that, 82% of respondents confirmed the importance of 3D Holographic technology as an effective information providing tool for the future. However, 18% of participants mentioned that the main barriers to view the detail of the building as the small hologram