Virtually There is the front-end to a whole project called MOAS (Museum Object Acquisition System). The system was developed for the Otago Museum by a group of third year Bachelor of Information Technology students from Otago Polytechnic to allow the museum to digitally capture virtually any object using a custom built capture device.


Once the objects have been captured, information about them is stored in a database and is displayed here, using the Virtually There viewer that allows a full horizontal 360° rotation.

The Virtually There Virtual Tour is another part of the project that aims to give the public an insight into how the museum looks after and stores the huge number of artifacts and specimens in it's storage area.

Credits

4D Technologies (Third Year BIT Students):
Peter Garett
Chris Rosescu
David Youngman
Justin McCormack

Otago Polytechnic
Dr. Samuel Mann
Russell Hynd
Les Wong
Russell Jordon
Peter Scott

Otago Museum
Clare Wilson
Helen Horner
Pam Streeter
Zibi John

Engineering
Allan Whitfield

If you would like any further information, please contact Dr. Samuel Mann at the Otago Polytechnic