Apple Computer put up The Virtual Museum (I think that was the title)
on CD-ROM a few years ago, as a demo of the then-emerging technology
of CD's, and Apple's R&D efforts in supporting sound/images/simulation/etc
on Mac/CDROM. It was actually quite ingenious from a computer technical
standpoint.  Suffered a little on the museum subject matter side, but
then I suppose it wasn't particularly supposed to be accurate, just
demonstrative. Simulated space, movement in that space controlled by the
viewer (to a limited degree), simulated or digitized exhibits with
attributes such as _growth_ of a plant or _flight_ over a terrain, etc.
 
No realtime drawing/rendering however that I can remember, unless the
flyover was "on the fly"?
Peter
 
In article <[log in to unmask]>,
Tony Gill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>Just out of interest, does anyone know of any REALLY virtual museums
>actually up and running? By this I mean it must be possible to move
>through a simulated 3-dimensional space, drawn and rendered in real
>time, with or without the aid of the VR Helmet etc. Ideally there
>should also be some virtual exhibits there too!