Capturing Egypt’s Sistine Chapel with the BLK360

作者：Reka Vasszi

尼菲尔塔里皇后（Queen Nefertari）的3000年历史的坟墓被3D激光扫描尖端技术捕获，以产生一位古埃及最受欢迎的统治者“永恒之旅”之一的虚拟现实（VR）体验。在这个开创性的项目中，得益于Leica BLK360and VR technologies, viewers can fully immerse and explore the ancient tomb and the wall paintings.

Using the smallest imaging laser scanner and photogrammetry technology,经验，一个全方位服务的虚拟和增强现实工作室，以及好奇心流这是屡获殊荣的流媒体目的地，在皇后区占领了皇后·尼弗塔里（Queen Nefertari）的杰出坟墓。专家团队生成了一个详细的3D点云，以保存它，并使它可以在VR中访问子孙后代。

“捕获内尔塔里的坟墓证明，在数字上保存和探索我们世界上最令人惊叹的文化文物的努力没有界限，”said Clint Stinchcomb, president and CEO of CuriosityStream.

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Queen Nefertari was the most beloved wife of Ramses II. Still, after her death in 1255 BC, the eternal love and respect of her husband is presented intact as painted artworks on the walls of the royal chambers of what has been named Egypt’s Sistine Chapel.

自1950年代以来，这座古老的坟墓仅限于游客，因为墙壁绘画容易受到游客呼吸的湿度的影响，这增加了真菌对艺术品的损害。

Nefertari的坟墓具有文化和科学意义，因为它描绘了Ramses II时代的建筑，这是古埃及人对来世之旅的信念的最详细的代表。如果不能保留并为公众提供美丽和历史丰富的美感，那将是巨大的损失。

“A virtual tour will save the tomb,”said Zahi Hawass, an archaeologist and former Minister of State for antiquities. As the tomb is restricted to tourists, ExperiusVR and Curiosity Stream had the vision to create an immersive VR experience by capturing every detail of Nefertari’s tomb with the BLK360.

An efficient workflow was set registering the point cloud withLeica Cyclone processing softwareand combining data in Autodesk’sReCap PRO mobileto create the 3D models for VR.

The team used the BLK360 for secondary geometry and缩放精度. Laser scanning was followed by overlapping thousands of DSLR photographs to the point cloud, creating an identical reconstruction of Nefertari’s tomb navigable in VR.

保持在地下的连接

One of the requirements when Steven Frisbey, technical director at ExperiusVR, was deciding on which 3D laser scanner to choose was可靠的WiFi连接. As the chambers are built two levels underground, ExperiusVR experts were faced with the challenge of losing wireless connection. TheBLK360的可靠性completely surprised the ExperiusVR team who had to overcome the challenge of staying connected below ground and capturing data in limited time.

“The first thing that stood out to me about the BLK360 was WiFi. The second thing that impressed me is the speed of the scans and the ease of use. It was so fast that we could finish up the entire set a day in advance, which saved us a solid amount of money. I will definitely use the BLK360 in all of my next projects,”弗里斯比说。

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通过3D激光扫描和VR，利用Leica Geosystems的技术拥抱和维护Nefertari的皇家墓的原始精神，古老的遗址已被数字地重新开放到世界上。这种身临其境的VR经验将遗产保护，旅游业和教育提升到了新的水平。Nefertari的坟墓是越来越多的考古遗址之一are being preserved digitally thanks to laser scanning technology.

“现在，由于这个项目，不管现实生活中的坟墓发生什么，我们将始终拥有一个完全可探索的版本，这对于后代来说是可以欣赏的。这就是使我们对这个项目最自豪的事情，”弗里斯比说。