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Secret 3D scans in the French Supreme Court

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771 points abetusk | 2 comments | 18 Oct 24 08:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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mmooss ◴[18 Oct 24 11:42 UTC] 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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1. doctorpangloss ◴[18 Oct 24 14:02 UTC] No.41879570[source]▶
The kind of person who’s good at making games and is excited about ancient artifacts makes their own 3D assets that make the most sense for their game.
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2. mmooss ◴[18 Oct 24 14:50 UTC] No.41879965[source]▶
> excited about ancient artifacts

It depends what you mean: If you mean, they like the idea of 'ancient' and 'artifacts', they may make up their own. If they like the actual history, then the whole point of the ancient artificats in the museums is that they are actual things from actual ancient civilizations - making something up would defeat the purpose.

Also, as I said, almost certainly they lack the artistry to match what's in the museum, simply because what's in the museum is often the pinnacle of human creativity over millenia.