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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: 0.404s | source
1. TheAceOfHearts ◴[18 Oct 24 14:45 UTC] No.41879912[source]▶
I love the idea of preserving history through 3D scans. When I learned about Gobekli Tepe a few years ago it caught my heart, and since then I've been wishing that someone would produce a detailed 3D scan of the site. Does anyone know if there's any company, group, or non-profits trying to make this happen for key historical landmarks? Most people are unlikely to be able to visit such locations, and they probably can't handle that many visitors, so making a digital version seems like a great compromise.
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2. chime ◴[18 Oct 24 15:21 UTC] No.41880251[source]▶
Not a non-profit but Ubisoft has been doing significant 3D scanning and sharing (unsure under what license) for their Assassins Creed franchise: https://mocapsolutions.com/blogs/news/assassin-s-creed-unity...

I haven’t played all the games but the recent ones I tried had a historical tour mode where you get to explore day-in-the-life of an Ancient Greek city or Viking village, with people going about their routines working, trading, farming, gathering. With VR it would be the closest thing to time travel we currently have.

And they do have many of the historical landmarks in pretty stunning detail, with drapes and paintings of what it most probably looked like back then.