▲ ▼ How ancient architectures looked like via VR
Recently I came across an article which showed how Pyramid at Giza looked like in 2560 BCE during its pristine condition. The limestone finish was breathtaking, unlike anything we remember current day pyramids by.
Reconstruction of such ancient architectures digitally when they were at their pristine would give us fresh perspective and appreciation of human efforts of that time. It would be more immersive if we could also take a virtual tour of the reconstructed interior architectures of the ancient wonders via Virtual Reality.
I feel VR and Simulation tech is at a such a phase now that, this need gap for creating a new experience of ancient wonders can be fulfilled and with tourism industry growing stronger; there can be commercial viability for such a product as well.
I have imagined this several times as well, now that VR and AR are mainstream I think it's the best time to develop such solutions.
I want to build a company that utilizes the potential of VR, except games. My idea is to recreate historical sites for VR so that everyone can visit them, not a 360 video, but a full reconstruction, where you can walk around, and everything will look photorealistic. I’ve modeled my living room to learn the entire process and how to build a final product. This is a video comparison, -> https://youtu.be/0mP1wqkxcKw
Right now I’m looking for a cofounder. I live in the Seattle area.
I had that same idea but for schools! So they can have students walk through historical events with period accurate models. I think it would be so great to have these kids be first person witnesses to history. Like walking through the streets right before the burning of the library of alexandria. Or walking down the street towards the parade where the archduke gets assassinated. People already do this with vr at tourists spots. All you would need is get it to be mobile and pitch it to schools.
That indeed would add great value to the education considering situations like now where physical tours aren't possible, as for VR in tourist spots I feel AR (Augmented Reality) would be more intuitive at actual/physical locations as we can see both current and older(pristine condition) of the artefact/building at the same time, Reconstruct missing or damaged portions of the artefact in realtime.
Your living room demo looks great! I assume the model was created using some photogrammetry technique or did you build the 3D model from scratch?