Cool stuff. Got stuck in the Accessibility Settings on my iPhone 12 Mini, the touch target didn’t register for some reason.
Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
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Re: Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
#32Funny how they went through that much effort to render everything client side, but then restrict the whole thing to a (quite frustrating) one dimensional control with the scroll wheel. In the end, a pre-rendered video would have worked much better for this UX. Many WebGL "experiences" I see fall into this trap, they want full control of what's shown, wasting their technical effort.
I was able to look around using my phone, but it was still on rails.
Re: Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
#33I find it amazing and really interesting, but i have a "side" question: does anybody know how much does it cost to realize such a great work?
Approx 20% of gdp of the Achaemenid empire x 200 years.
Re: Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
#34Very well made to navigate the site, just missing a birds-eye perspective or mini-map to show the current location of the camera (and angle?) within the city.
and I very much like the sound effects.
Re: Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
#35Funny how they went through that much effort to render everything client side, but then restrict the whole thing to a (quite frustrating) one dimensional control with the scroll wheel. In the end, a pre-rendered video would have worked much better for this UX. Many WebGL "experiences" I see fall into this trap, they want full control of what's shown, wasting their technical effort.
I was able to look around using my phone, but it was still on rails.
Good point ! I'm on firefox on linux, and after 1 min of loading the thing it barely could run on my machine, so I didn't explore every possibility. If you can look around I guess it could be replaced by a 360° video but those are really heavy, probably more than the 3D experience itself.
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#36It's a bit shit innit
Re: Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
#37This is really cool. Seeing these beautiful colors I realize how much how I imagine the ancient world is shaped by museum artifacts and photos in textbooks, which show raw and brown/grey/white stones, rusty tools and weapons. I've grown thinking about pre-medieval times as a landscape of ruins. It would be like if future humans were picturing our current world as nothing but bombed cities.
It's a really cool project. Now I want a VR game where I could simply walk around ancient cities and watch people go about their day.
Re: Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
#38You can look around with click and drag but you can't move. There was some art that I wanted to look at from close but I couldn't.
at least an ability to zoom would have been good.
Re: Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
#39Amazing!
Re: Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
#40This is really cool. Seeing these beautiful colors I realize how much how I imagine the ancient world is shaped by museum artifacts and photos in textbooks, which show raw and brown/grey/white stones, rusty tools and weapons. I've grown thinking about pre-medieval times as a landscape of ruins. It would be like if future humans were picturing our current world as nothing but bombed cities. It's a really cool project.…
Assassins Creed gives you that everyday historical vibe very well. Highly recommend.