Ancient Rome comes back to life in 3D simulation

[Garibaldi]

Pre-Rennaisance History and CG. Two of my favorite things.

Sweet, Thanks Roberto!

[TomMeeks]

A new virtual model of the imperial capital circa 320 AD the Emperor Constantine when it had grown to a million inhabitants.

"Rome Reborn" was unveiled on Monday in a first release showing the city at its peak. Developed by the University of Virginia's Bernard Frischer, Rome Reborn (www.romereborn.virginia.edu (http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/)) will eventually show its evolution from Bronze Age hut settlements to the Sack of Rome in the 5th century AD and the devastating Gothic Wars.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070611/wr_nm/italy_rome_virtual_dc

www.romereborn.virginia.edu (http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/)

-R

Great find!

I was particularly struck with the video of the Coloseum. For the first time, I could just imagine standing there, looking around at the massive crowd and understanding that I was about to face death simply for their enjoyment! That's pretty sobering. Yikes!!!

[DrBalthar]

Great find!

I was particularly struck with the video of the Coloseum. For the first time, I could just imagine standing there, looking around at the massive crowd and understanding that I was about to face death simply for their enjoyment! That's pretty sobering. Yikes!!!

Yeah I only wished they had spend more effort on a better graphics engine and texturing. It's a bit of a let down in this department.

[paintbox]

Indeed, imagine what a more state-of-the-art engine could do.

Great find though, really interesting, love the cheesy music ;)

[Garibaldi]

Yeah I only wished they had spend more effort on a better graphics engine and texturing. It's a bit of a let down in this department.

Yeah, the textures, lighting and some oddball mesh issues were fairly obvious in the video.

[PyRoT]

I too am dissapointed by this. If you're going to recreat Rome at least do it properly. Since all buildings are static I don't see why they don't texture bake GI into it. Even if everything was left grey, that would make it look a lot better than it does at the moment.

Tomek

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