For a while there was a VR app for Google Earth that allowed you to visit museums virtually. This is a wonderful use of modern technology.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Releases High-Definition 3D Scans of 140 Famous Art Objects: Sarcophagi, Van Gogh Paintings, Marble Sculptures & More
Submitted 13 hours ago by Beep@lemmus.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.metmuseum.org/press-releases/3-d-models-announcement-2026
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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
fubarx@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Beautiful works!
If viewed on an iPhone or iPad, you can take it into AR mode and drop the piece on a table in front of you, then walk around it. Don’t know if that works on Android.
poopkins@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Precisely the same way! Works amazingly well.
homes@piefed.world 13 hours ago
Every once in a while, I see something that reminds me of what the internet used to be
buffing_lecturer@leminal.space 12 hours ago
Almost like the old internet is still in there somewhere. Just gotta sort through all the shit first.
P1nkman@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It’s like finding the needle in the haystack.
Now you need to find the next needle in the even bigger haystack over there. And so on. Fuck, I hate what the internet has become.
poopkins@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Pfft they could’ve saved a lot of work and made it with AI
/s