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Palace of Versailles tour welcomes VR visitors Google has created a virtual
and drones. This has been
reality tour of the Palace of
used to digitally reconstruct
Versailles, allowing people
7,000sq m (75,000sq ft) of
to explore the architecture,
indoor rooms and 500,000sq m
artworks and history of the
(5,400,000sq ft) of gardens
former home of French royalty
and outdoor space.
wherever they are in the world. Versailles: The Palace is
In addition to being able to move around the palace using
Yours takes visitors on a
VR devices, users can look
tour of rooms including the
at more than 100 paintings,
Royal Grand Apartments, the
sculptures and artefacts
Chapel and the Opera. It was
in detail. Google has also
created using a technique
created curated, 360-degree
called photogrammetry, via
3D tours with audio narration
which 3D models of spaces
to guide users through six of
and objects are created
the Palace’s most impressive
from 2D photographs.
rooms, including the Royal
In what was the largest
■■The VR exhibit takes visitors on a tour of 24 rooms
Opera House and Coronation
photogrammetry capture ever
Chamber, and has also utilised
at the Palace of Versailles,
its Art Camera ultra-resolution
130,000 pictures were
scanning technology to digitise
taken of 24 rooms and
several of the famous artworks
36,000sq m (388,000sq ft) of
hanging on the walls.
internal surfaces using cameras
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In what was the largest photogrammetry capture ever at the Palace of Versailles, 130,000 pictures were taken of 24 rooms
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Scorekeeping wristbands planned for Nintendo World Interactive wristbands that interface back to a user's Nintendo game console look to be part of plans for Super Nintendo World, which is due to open at Universal Studios Japan theme park in Q2 2020. Speaking at Comcast's 2019 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference on 11 September, Universal Parks & Resorts chair and CEO Tom
■Nintendo ■ World will open ahead of the Tokyo Olympics
Williams said that the first phase of
It takes it to the whole next level. It's going to redefine what a park experience is like. It really is special. tom Williams 32
attractionsmanagement.com
the three-level new world in Osaka will
Although the plan is for every Universal
have two rides – a Super Mario Kart ride
Park except Beijing to eventually have
and "Yoshi's Adventures" – reportedly
the experience, there remains no
a short omnimover-type ride.
timeline announced for any except that
Williams said the rides had been
in Japan, where ground was broken
tested and would "redefine what
on the development in 2017.
a park experience is like".
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