Google will help preserve endangered historical sites in virtual reality

Dominique Daniel Discussion

"Google has partnered with 3D laser scanning nonprofit CyArk to help preserve historical sites around the world that are at risk of irreversible damage or total erasure due to human conflict and natural disasters. The joint effort, called the Open Heritage project, will use CyArk’s laser-scanning technology to capture all the relevant data at a historical site needed to re-create it virtually, so it can be preserved and explored online either on a computer, through a mobile device, or while wearing a virtual reality headset."

Source: The Verge, April 16, 2018, https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17241710/google-cyark-partnership-vr-virtual-reality-preserve-historical-sites