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mmooss ◴[] No.41878445[source]
Anyone in the world with an internet connection can view, interact with, and download the British Museum’s 3D scan of the Rosetta Stone, for example. The public can freely access hundreds of scans of classical sculpture from the National Gallery of Denmark, and visitors to the Smithsonian’s website can view, navigate, and freely download thousands of high-quality scans of artifacts ranging from dinosaur fossils to the Apollo 11 space capsule.

Has anyone used these in games? They would be great easter eggs and they have artistry and design that is far beyond almost anything DIY.

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Tarq0n ◴[] No.41879038[source]
Path of Exile has some fountains and sculptures in it that are based on publicaly available scans iirc.

Edit: best source I can find on this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPy74M9FNpY&t=690s

and here's one from the Louvre: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/8b6f54/nice_de...

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1. mmooss ◴[] No.41879268[source]
The Louvre sculture is the sort of thing I mean. Wow.