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Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by lukehollis »

Thanks for the feedback! Didn't know if people would like this. If this is interesting, and you'd like to learn more about Ancient Egypt, here are a few more sites that I've worked at:

Luxor Temple: https://luxortemple.mused.org/en/guided/178/luxor-temple Tomb of Queen Meresankh III at Giza: https://giza.mused.org/en/guided/4/tomb-of-queen-meresankh-i...

I've mostly been working around the Mediterranean, Central America, and Eastern Asia. I'll publish articles on our blog as the next come out in the future https://blog.mused.org/

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by mortenjorck »

Incredible work bringing so many moving parts together to make such a seamless, immersive experience. Online museums have been an aspiration since the early days of the web, and this exhibit sets a new bar.

One slight hiccup I noticed: The guided tour frequently clips through the geometry, which breaks the immersion a bit. I don't know if the Matterport SDK has any facilities for following paths rather than a straight line when automatically navigating, but if it's possible, it would be a nice addition.

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by lukehollis »

robmerki wrote: post #14

This is absolutely amazing work. I have been searching for something exactly like this for quite some time. I am beyond thrilled that this now exists. THANK YOU.

Thanks for visiting! There are a few of these scans in the works that I linked in the comments if they're interesting for Ancient Egypt or elsewhere.

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by spaceman_2020 »

robmerki wrote: post #14

This is absolutely amazing work. I have been searching for something exactly like this for quite some time. I am beyond thrilled that this now exists. THANK YOU.

Same feelings. I've been fascinated by ancient Egypt as long as I can remember and this is just about perfect.

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by lukehollis »

acdanger wrote: post #62

Amazing work. I'm also interested in digitizing artifacts and historic places, but haven't been able to figure out how to go about getting a project off the ground. Any chance you'd do a write up explaining how you were able to get this project set up? I'm more interested in the logistics and the red-tape you had to go through in order to get access to do the scans. I see you've got a business setup around it as well…

Thanks, and yes, I haven't blogged about this yet but will. It's really important that the local teams that make these scans happen are featured prominently. For similar process here's the blog that I wrote about working at Luxor Temple with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the University of Chicago: https://blog.mused.org/digitizing-luxor-temple-a-virtual-fie...

Drop me a line! I'd love to chat--I'm at luke@mused.org

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by lukehollis »

whoopdedo wrote: post #70

Someone lost their hat to the right of the entrance. I was clicking around for quite a while before I realized I could use WASD+arrows.

Ah! I think that might've been one of the guard's. I love that Matterport added the WASD+Arrows.

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by lukehollis »

site-packages1 wrote: post #53

I am amazed by this. I’ve been playing with a 3D scanning app on iPhone as a total amateur and totally new to the mode of collection and it truly produces amazing results with only iPhone lidar. Scaniverse if you’re curious.

Very cool, I know Scaniverse! I think the lower bar to entry for digitization has already been transformative for preservation, conservation, and site education at heritage sites like these.
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