Study On Application Of Virtual Reality Technology In The Ancient Architecture Restituting

Virtual reality technology is a new comprehensive and multi-disciplinary high technology which was developed at the end of 20th century and has been applied to extensive fields including aviation, spaceflight, railway, architecture, civil engineering, scientific calculation, medical care, military affairs, education, entertainment, telecommunication, art, sport and so on. It developed very well in all these fields, and at the same time, it promoted the construction of cultural heritage of virtual ancient architecture which is the product of the integration between science and art, utilizing virtual reality technology to digitalize cultural heritage of ancient architecture. It has broken the limits of time and space and improved the exhibition effect and efficiency of the cultural heritage of ancient architecture, and also plays a supporting role in protecting the application of the cultural heritage. The relevant research also plays a certain part in many fields in society.First of all, this paper introduced the present application of virtual reality technology in the restituting of ancient architecture at home and abroad. Originally, people participating in the designing team are only computer operators, but nowadays, there are more and more people from other fields to take part in the design such as artist, artistic designer, archaeologist, architecture designer, humanist and so forth. The hardware facility and software platform, utilizing virtual reality technology to restitute the cultural heritage of ancient architecture, are increasingly updating. Secondly, this paper elaborated the process of making use of the virtual reality technology to restitute ancient architecture, and meanwhile, summarized some steps which need to pay attention to. For instance, steps like the optimal treatment of modals and pictures, baking technology and so on, in order to rationalize the process of the restituting of the ancient architecture by using of virtual reality technology, and consequently, to improve the efficiency and effect of the virtual restituting. Thirdly, this paper analyzed virtual propriety, technicality and artistry of the system of virtual ancient architecture, and laid stress on the importance of artistry in the systematic construction of virtual ancient architecture, including the artistic effects like the quality of materials, light and shadow, the sense of space, authenticity and so forth. Digital arts strengthened artistic expressive force of virtual reality ancient architecture. Only combine the technology and art can we design excellent virtual ancient architecture. And then, this paper analyzed the restituting of virtual courtyard and ancient civilian residences which reside in Liujiaqiao, Xianning City, Hubei Province, and displayed the drawings of these cases. Finally, the present author gave a summary and expectation at the end of the paper in which author confirmed the process of virtually restituting ancient architecture and emphasized the importance of the artistry in the process of virtual restituting, and hoped combining art and technology to complete the restituting. Author expected that more and more cultural heritage of virtual reality ancient architecture could be built, and that an increasing people from all different kinds of fields could join in this work. The combination of virtual and reality constructs the environment of the ancient architecture. With the increasing improvement of the restituting technology and the unceasing pursuit of the artistic effect of virtual ancient architecture.