FOCUS K3D

Long title: FOster the Comprehension, adoption and USe of Knowledge intensive technologies for coding and sharing 3D media content in consolidated and emerging application communities
Funding: EU, FP7
Type: CSA - Coordination and Support Action
Contract number: FP7-ICT-2007-214993
Period: March 2008 - February 2010
Web site: FOCUS K3D

The aim of FOCUS-K3D is to foster the comprehension, adoption and use of knowledge intensive technologies for coding and sharing 3D media content in consolidated and emerging application communities by:

  • Exploiting the scientific and technological advances in the representation of the semantics of 3D media to increase awareness of the new technologies for intelligent 3D content creation and management.
  • Building user-driven scenarios to evaluate and adapt the technologies so far developed to the requirements of application environments.
  • Fostering a shift of role of 3D content users, from passive consumers of technologies to active creators.

In FOCUS-K3D, specific application scenarios were set up, and for each of them specific dissemination and take-up actions will be coordinated to demonstrate that semantic 3D content can answer a number of open problems in the content production and processing chain in those domains. In particular the focus was on the domains of:

  • Medicine and Bioinformatics
  • Gaming and Simulation
  • CAD/CAE and Virtual Product Modelling
  • Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.

Personal contribution to the project

I was a Research Associate working with the Center for Research and Technology Thessaly (CERETETH), Greece.
I was responsible for the Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Working Group.

Publications

. FOCUS K3D: Promoting the use of knowledge intensive 3D media. In Proc. of 14th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia Dedicated To Digital Heritage (VSMM’08), 2008.

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