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Abstract
The World Heritage Tour (WHTour) is a non-profit association dedicated to creating a documentary image bank of panoramic pictures and virtual reality films for all sites registered as World Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The WHTour has covered sites in China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam (in Asia), and Egypt (in Africa).
Artists / Authors
- Tito Dupret, multimedia director
Cooperators
- Jun Jun Chen, post-production
- Matthieu Baudoux, information systems, www.hypernovae.net
- Benoît Broekmans, accounting, www.pyxis.be
Origination
Belgium, 2001
Partners / Sponsors
Self-financed for 30 months.
Grant from The JM Kaplan Fund to cover expenses during 2004 (www.jmkfund.org).
Partner: The World Monument Fund (WMF) since 2003 (www.wmf.org).
Comment
World-Heritage-Tour allows people to visit almost any place from practically any location without time constraints. The user can navigate through a 360-degree VR panorama of each cultural heritage site, viewing it from various angles and zooming in and out .
There are 754 cultural and natural sites inscribed on the World Heritage List. So far, the WHTour has covered Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam in Asia, Egypt in Africa. 7,5 % of all WH sites have been covered by the WHTour : 57 sites with 288 VR movies available on this web site.
Submission
, Jan 29, 2004
Category
- cultural project
Keywords
- Topics:
- cultural heritage |
- culture mediation
- Formats:
- 3D |
- interactive |
- internet
- Technology:
- quicktime
Additions to Keyword List
- VR-Panorama