Dr Iain Oliver
Research Assistant, School of Computer Science
Research profile | School web page
Ian has expertise in engineering systems that support interactive 3D heritage. He runs the Apollo virtual world server, which is publicly accessible and hosts over 20 historic reconstructions including Virtual Harlem, the Caen Highland Village and Brora Salt Pans. Iain has expertise in constructing digital landscapes from multiple data sources through GIS systems and the digital transformation between pointclouds, meshes and virtual world formats and in world scripting. Iain also has interests in systems measurement and the relationship between Quality of Service and Quality of Experience.