An Enactive Based Realtime 3D Self-Organization System for the Exploration of a Cultural Heritage Data Base

This paper presents a first step in the realization of an interactive user interface that organizes itself according to the user exploration of a database of cultural heritage objects. The first part makes a brief related works and lays the basis of this kind of system according to the enactive paradigm. The second part explains the mechanisms underlying the selforganization of the interface: keywords and cultural heritage objects are 3D graphical entities endowed with autonomous behaviors. They share a common virtual environment. Keywords behaviors are based on boïds flocking simulation while cultural heritage objects appears in an virtual museum which evolves and grows progressively. The result that is presented, is an incremental construction of an interactive and realtime 3D metaphor of virtual museum which is then user-specific.