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Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by cmdshiftf4 »

caiobegotti wrote: post #7

It's truly impressive and jaw dropping but what's maddening to me is that what you see in there is exactly how it is in real life, i.e. the walkways are just like that and people can actually reach out and touch the walls. At least based on my visits to Luxor, very few tombs have acrylic/glass wall protections to prevent it but it's ridiculously common to see tourists in some of the tombs doing that, it's sad and rev…

>At least based on my visits to Luxor, very few tombs have acrylic/glass wall protections to prevent it but it's ridiculously common to see tourists in some of the tombs doing that

I understand the sentiment, however I'm personally not in favour of modelling everything in society to account for the lowest common denominator and sterilizing everything in sight in response.

The issues you mention are nothing that couldn't be solved by advertising hefty fines and enforcing them.

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by stfurkan »

I have also posted this to the earlier discussion on the same topic. I am writing the same comment here too :)

If you are interested, I am trying to build an open source database for places with virtual tour.

Website: https://gez.la

I am currently working on this alone. Anyone interested is welcome to help :)

https://github.com/stfurkan/gez

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by EricDeb »

gadders wrote: post #8
caiobegotti wrote: post #7

It's truly impressive and jaw dropping but what's maddening to me is that what you see in there is exactly how it is in real life, i.e. the walkways are just like that and people can actually reach out and touch the walls. At least based on my visits to Luxor, very few tombs have acrylic/glass wall protections to prevent it but it's ridiculously common to see tourists in some of the tombs doing that, it's sad and rev…

You'd be surprised how many "closed to tourists" tombs you can get into with a local guide and a few notes changing hands as well (or it was easy 15+ years ago).

Was there last year.. most tour/tomb guards expected to be tipped and the more you wanted to take pictures (technically not allowed in most places) the more you tipped.

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

#14

Post by jlengrand »

Stupid question but a serious one on my end : I would pay to get an actual guide to go through this and teach me, just like I did on travel. Would you?

It seems like between the environment, Covid and the geopolitical situations in many places it could be a way to still feel like I can enjoy some of the priceless pieces the humans have created.

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by jrussino »

staycoolboy wrote: post #2

That's just bonkers. So much writing on the walls! I wish the navigation was a little more like a FPS and less like Myst III, but I had to keep reminding myself: this isn't some level designer from 2000's, this is an actual tomb designer vision from 5000 years ago. Just bizarre. I wonder what it would look like illuminated by torchlight.

In case you missed it - you can switch from the default streetview/Myst-like interactions to "dollhouse" mode and fly through with WASD/mouse/arrow keys. Not exactly FPS controls but closer. However, the gaps in the data are much more apparent that way.

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by justwalt »

stfurkan wrote: post #12

I have also posted this to the earlier discussion on the same topic. I am writing the same comment here too :) If you are interested, I am trying to build an open source database for places with virtual tour. Website: https://gez.la I am currently working on this alone. Anyone interested is welcome to help :) https://github.com/stfurkan/gez

Imagine how cool it would be if links to these virtual tours were linked from maps. Like street view on steroids.

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by mitchdoogle »

jlengrand wrote: post #14

Stupid question but a serious one on my end : I would pay to get an actual guide to go through this and teach me, just like I did on travel. Would you? It seems like between the environment, Covid and the geopolitical situations in many places it could be a way to still feel like I can enjoy some of the priceless pieces the humans have created.

The Matterport platform seems to offer embedding of other content within the virtual space: https://matterport.com/blog/multimedia-mattertagtm-posts-emb...

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by technotony »

jlengrand wrote: post #14

Stupid question but a serious one on my end : I would pay to get an actual guide to go through this and teach me, just like I did on travel. Would you? It seems like between the environment, Covid and the geopolitical situations in many places it could be a way to still feel like I can enjoy some of the priceless pieces the humans have created.

Last year High Fidelity took one of these tombs and built a VR version that they had an Egyptologist doing tours in. Was pretty cool, sad that they closed the platform.

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by jlengrand »

technotony wrote: post #18
jlengrand wrote: post #14

Stupid question but a serious one on my end : I would pay to get an actual guide to go through this and teach me, just like I did on travel. Would you? It seems like between the environment, Covid and the geopolitical situations in many places it could be a way to still feel like I can enjoy some of the priceless pieces the humans have created.

Last year High Fidelity took one of these tombs and built a VR version that they had an Egyptologist doing tours in. Was pretty cool, sad that they closed the platform.

Oh my that sounds exactly like what I mean. Someone that would carry me through the magic of the place live :). I'll have a look if I can find some resources about it thanks!

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by jlengrand »

mitchdoogle wrote: post #17
jlengrand wrote: post #14

Stupid question but a serious one on my end : I would pay to get an actual guide to go through this and teach me, just like I did on travel. Would you? It seems like between the environment, Covid and the geopolitical situations in many places it could be a way to still feel like I can enjoy some of the priceless pieces the humans have created.

The Matterport platform seems to offer embedding of other content within the virtual space: https://matterport.com/blog/multimedia-mattertagtm-posts-emb...

Cheers! In my case the live experience does matter a lot though. Otherwise I could also watch a documentary in HR for example. I'd like someone to make me live the place
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