BENEFITS OF UTILIZING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
by Paul Diaz

1. Safety of the Artifacts Themselves
1.1. 3D Scanners
1.1.1. Non-Contact Technique
1.1.2. Entirely Objective
1.1.3. Mapping Archaeological Sites
1.1.4. Scanning Artifacts
2. More Efficient Discourse
2.1. Innovative Techniques and Methodologies
2.1.1. Visually simulate effects over time
2.1.2. Restoration and Reconstruction
2.1.3. Quantitative analyses
2.2. Easier to share information
2.3. Image vs. Text
2.3.1. People naturally enjoy pictures more than text
2.3.2. Text is linear