Feature Image Credit: Google Arts & Culture. VersaillesVR is available now as a free download from Steam and works with Valve’s Index, HTC’s Vive, and Oculus Rift headsets. Famously opulent and sprawling, the Palace of Versailles is one of France’s top tourist destinations, and fully worth the brief train ride from Paris. Similar to VersaillesVR, Il Divino: Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling in VR, which debuted earlier this year at SIGGRAPH 2019, offers users the chance to explore a life-like recreation of Michelangelo’s legendary Sistine Chapel. Receive our Weekly Newsletter. Some of these locations also feature interactable objects accompanied by informative descriptions. The ability to capture photorealistic recreations of real-world environments that users can physically walkthrough is a game-changer in terms of preservation. Terms  Privacy, Hands-On: Oculus Quest Hand Tracking Feels Great, But It’s Not Perfect, Verizon Purchases Entirety Of Jaunt XR’s AR Technology, Il Divino: Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling in VR. Once you’ve toured the entirety of the area, you can then switch to night mode and explore the compound in the dark, with only chimney fires to light the way. Today, in an attempt to increase accessibility, more and more museums are putting their collections online.

In the past, we’ve touched upon technology’s importance in immortalizing historical landmarks, specifically photogrammetry and volumetric video capture. The experience requires a Windows 10 PC with 20GB of available storage and at least a Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU.

The “Experience Versailles” is free, powered by Steam and works with VR headsets like HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. A “technological first in the cultural world,” this VR experience has been crafted using photogrammetry, a technique that crafts three-dimensional models from ordinary photographs. Google says it captured 36,000 square meters of space, including walls and roofs, which matters given that even Versailles’ ceilings have been decorated with incredible art.

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The “Experience Versailles” is free, powered by Steam and works with VR headsets like HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. h/t: [designboom], Virtual Tour of Florence’s Famed Uffizi Gallery Lets You Explore the Museum Online, Virtual Museum Lets You View the Complete Works of Vermeer in Augmented Reality, Google Revitalizes Brazil’s Fire-Ravaged National Museum with Virtual Tour. Il Divino: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel in VR.

According to Google, you’ll be able to teleport across 24 individual rooms scattered across 36,000 meters of capture space. Google’s access to the rooms and antiques makes this possible. Find out how by becoming a Patron. “VersaillesVR The Palace is yours” offers you a unique visit of the palace built by Louis XIV,” states the official SteamVR page. Check out the exclusive rewards, here. Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening. When she’s not writing, you can find Kelly wandering around Paris, whether she’s leading a tour (as a guide, she has been interviewed by BBC World News America and, Harry Potter Memo Pad Reveals Hogwarts Castle as You Tear Away Notes, Brazilian Mailman Takes Selfies With Every Adorable Dog and Cat Who Live Along His Route, Watch This Adorable Sleepy Duckling Nod off With a Flower on Her Head, Banksy's Version of Monet's 'Water Lillies' Expected to Earn Up to $6.5 Million at Auction, Japan’s 60-Foot-Tall ‘Gundam’ Robot Can Now Walk, Kneel, and Turn Its Head, Archaeologists Unearth Dozens of 2,500-Year-Old Coffins in Egypt, Artificial Intelligence Revitalizes 1902 Footage of a “Flying Train” Ride Through a German Town, 25 “Weird History” Facts That Prove the Past Is Fascinating and Really Funny, The Story of Kathrine Switzer: The Running Legend Who Ran the Boston Marathon When Women Weren’t Allowed, Technicolor: The Vibrant History of Hollywood’s Early Introduction to Color Films, Japan’s ‘Flying Car’ Takes First Piloted Test Flight Off the Ground, LG Is Releasing a Hi-Tech Face Mask That Is a Personal Air Purifier, Artist Combines Artifacts With AI To Create Realistic Portraits of Roman Emperors, 10 Fascinating Facts About Cleopatra, the Powerful Queen of the Nile, 18 of the Most Famous Sculptures You Need to Know, Researchers Uncovered a 5,000-Year-Old Crystal Dagger Buried in Spain. The Palace of Versailles: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube Kelly Richman-Abdou is a Contributing Writer at My Modern Met. If you're looking to take a VR trip into one of France's most popular tourist attractions, Google has teamed up with the Palace of Versailles to offer just that. Attracting over 6 million visitors a year, the site is among France's most popular attractions, making this crowd-free experience all the more appealing. An art historian living in Paris, Kelly was born and raised in San Francisco and holds a BA in Art History from the University of San Francisco and an MA in Art and Museum Studies from Georgetown University. Related video: Time for a ‘staycation!’ Museums around the …

While most institutions opt to simply digitize and catalogue photographs of their objects, some go above and beyond by offering virtual tours of their premises and click-through exhibitions. We’re also on Pinterest, Tumblr, and Flipboard.

In this case, the tool has transformed 4TB of data and 15 billion pixels collected by Google into a lifelike rendering of the palace's famous Royal Grand Apartments, Chapel, Opera, and Hall of Mirrors—and, of course, the treasures stored within them.

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