Virtual visit at palacio de bellas artes of Mexico for engineering education

Virtual environments are head-referenced computer displays that give users the illusion of displacement to another location. They have potential uses in applications ranging from education and training to design and prototyping. In this paperavirtual visitat Palaciode Bellas Artesin Mexico is described. The Palacio de Bellas Artesisthe biggest and the most important cultural center in Mexico City which has halls for exposing pictorial and sculptural works and it shelters the National Theater and the National Museum of Architecture. The interior of the buildingis decorated with murals painted by the most prominent Mexican artists. The whole place is a place of culture. The application is educational software developed by computer engineers that allows users to visit this cultural place from any part of the world. The modeling of the building is accomplished by the use of three-dimensional techniques and online services. The virtual visit is not panoramic and the user can get around the scenarios that have a texture that allows the virtual world to be more real, therefore, the view is more attractive to the visitors. The software is an important contribution for education because it allows the knowledge of one of the most important cultural contents in the world via Internet.