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Design and development of digital humans in virtual exhibition space

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In the last three decades, the creation of virtual exhibitions is drawing much attention due to the game engines. The Web's growing technologies have reached a point of maturity where they may significantly impact the long-celebrated merging of education and culture with gaming. With current technologies, a virtual exhibition is more than just an online display of items or a virtual tour of an exhibition which are developed with panoramic images. In contemporary days, virtual exhibitions provide a more informative, entertaining, and enjoyable experience to the visitors through realism and user engagement in the virtual space. This paper will discuss the framework for develo** Indian Freedom fighters of the old historical Era as digital humans. These digital humans can interact with visitors and share their stories by themselves through virtual reality using a head-mounted display. The analysis of advantages and disadvantages in current techniques, and unresolved challenges, to propose a set of guidelines as well as best practices for creating VR-based cultural heritage applications, such as Digital humans.

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Bajaj, A.J., Bhattacharjee, A. Design and development of digital humans in virtual exhibition space. Multimed Tools Appl 83, 36157–36174 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-023-17100-3

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