Virtual museums with IBM’s support

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Having collaborated with world famous libraries, museums and cultural institutions, IBM offers an opportunity to see the most visited historical artifacts in a virtual and 3D platform.

 

The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time

IBM collaborated with Palace Museum in Beijing and www.beyondspaceandtime.org has been opened on 10th of October. In this project, new virtual architectural technologies have been used. You can create your own avatar and contact with other visitors. You can watch the emperor while having dinner or play some kind of games such as archery or GO (Weiqi).

 

Eternal Egypt

IBM collaborated with Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CultNat) for www.eternalegypt.com. It offers a majestic history and culture to the world. This project is not only for internet surfers but also the visitors of Egyptian Museum and Luxor Pyramids. Via mobile phones, the visitors can get further information about the artifact that they’re looking at. The can also display the digital miniatures and 3D animations of the artifacts.

 

Michelangelo’s Pieta

Michelangelo tried to break his own masterpiece, on which he worked for 10 years. Jack Wasserman wanted to search for the reasons. He worked with the researchers from IBM Watson Research Center and got the opportunity to examine the masterpiece closely. IBM’s researchers prepared a perfect close digital replica of the Pieta. With this 3D display technique, even the marks of Michelangelo’s tool were obvious. If you’re interested, you can closely see the Pieta without visiting Floransa Opera del Duomo with this technology.

 

The Virtual Museum

The National Museum of African American History and Culture has been created by IBM. It is the first museum of Smithsonian Institution that can be reached via internet. The virtual museum is about the milestones of African American people’s culture and history. There is an online diary on the website. The building of the museum will be opened at 2015. You can visit this virtual museum at www.nmaahc.si.edu

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