影像式虛擬實境及超媒體技術在全球資訊網上進行博物館展示教材之開發

A Method of Applying Image-based Virtual Reality and Hypermedia Technologies to the Instructional Design and Development of Museum Web Site

隨著資訊社會的來臨，博物館展示數位化已成為必然的趨勢。博物館除了原來著重現場展示外，也應跟進利用新的科技、結合豐富的館藏資源，為博物館創造出新的價值。透過網際網路的博物館網路展示教材，資訊與傳達的技術經由展品的複製及再現，以創造、分享和保存博物館文化的資源。今天、博物館的角色不僅提供當地的社區民眾一個有形的展示，同時更應善用網路的位元，傳送博物館的資源到世界各個角落。本文企圖以實務面來探討博物館網路展示教材的開發過程。在本案的開發過程中主要利用到兩種主要的網路技術：影像式虛擬實境及超媒體技術。資訊科技發展至今，新的媒體技術不斷的更新發展，然而沒有一種媒體是最好的。目前市面上尚有許多不同的網路技術，每種技術都有它的優劣，本文透過影像式虛擬實境及超媒體這兩種技術來探討未來博物館數位化展示開發可能遭遇到的問題，並將此經驗記錄，提供後進者參考。

Digitalization of exhibits is a necessary step for museums in todays information-oriented society. Museums rightly place a good deal of emphasis on displays, but they must also keep up with the latest developments in technology and bring together the abundant resources to which it has access. One way to constantly create new value for museums is to seek out and represent the many products which are available from museums via the internet so that they can be re-assembled and added to a museum's collection. Today's museums must be more than just a place to exhibit materials; they can also serve to make these objects and information available to other areas by putting them on web sites so that people elsewhere can also take advantage of them.