From: PR2JBC@primea.sheffield.ac.uk
Subject: VR and Neural net programming in Archaeology
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 91 13:07:20



From:
Joe Claxton
Post Graduate Researcher
(Computer Applications in Archaeology)
Department of Archaeology and Prehistory
Sheffield University S10 2TN
PR2JBC@UK.AC.SHEFFIELD.PRIMEA

Home address:
22 Nettleham Rd
Woodseats
Sheffield S8 8SX
England U.K.

Hi, I'm new to this conference so apologies if any of these questions have 
been raised a thousand times!


Does anyone know of any Neural Network programming going on in VR? I ask 
because I'm doing my Doctoral Thesis on the application of VR to Archaeology, 
particularly from a cognitive science/psychology of perception point of view. 
What I'm after is not so much a VR landscape that represents times past for 
modern man to stroll around in(though that wouldn't be so bad for starters), 
but rather one peopled with virtual Romans, Vikings, Iron Age farmers and so 
on. Icing on the cake being to inhabit ancient landscapes and view them 
through the eyes of 'contemporary' inhabitants.


I reckon that the best way to go about reverse engineering the thought 
patterns, beliefs and behaviour patterns of peoples from the past is via the 
neural route and the usefulness of such an approach in the VR context is 
one I'm trying to explore.

O.K. so I want to walk like an Egyptian...

Joe Claxton