{"id":176983,"date":"2023-10-19T07:52:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=176983"},"modified":"2023-10-19T07:52:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:22:52","slug":"musee-du-louvre-snapchat-partner-to-render-ancient-egypt-using-ar-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/musee-du-louvre-snapchat-partner-to-render-ancient-egypt-using-ar-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, Snapchat Partner to Render Ancient Egypt Using AR &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, the iconic\u00a0Paris-based museum,\u00a0has teamed up with Snap Inc.\u2019s (Snapchat) augmented reality (AR)\u00a0studio to launch a journey through Ancient Egypt, rendered in 3D. \u201cEgypt Augmented,\u201d which launches today, brings a fun and interactive way to learn about Ancient Egypt. The team behind it describes it as\u00a0a new educational resource with the potential to revolutionise the way the world studies Ancient\u00a0Egypt.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Travel through time to Ancient Egypt in 3D<\/h2>\n<p>The four \u201cEgypt Augmented\u201d experiences are centred on three displays inside the museum\u2019s Department of Egyptian Antiquities and one display in the Cour Carr\u00e9e, an outdoor courtyard. The entire experience is a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphs using the famous Rosetta Stone by archaeologist Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Champollion.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition has also availed a free Face Lens feature to Snapchat users all around the world. This feature enables Snapchat users to\u00a0experience life as an ancient Egyptian, as it treats\u00a0them to\u00a03D recreations of funerary\u00a0masks similar to those on display at the Louvre.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bringing the past to life<\/h2>\n<p>All of the selected pieces\u2019 original forms, materials, colours, and embellishments have faded away with time, leaving nearly bare stone. However,\u00a0they are brought\u00a0back to life, thanks to the power of AR. Using a corpus of archives and references, the AR Studio teams reconstructed missing elements in 3D, virtually restored original pigments, and crafted masks in close collaboration with curators from the Louvre\u2019s Department of Egyptian Antiquities.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can view\u00a0the museum\u2019s displays in AR\u00a0by scanning a QR code with their smartphones.\u00a0 For instance, the \u201cDendera Zodiac,\u201d a ceiling sculpture depicting a Ptolemaic sky map from around 50 BC, is rendered in 3D, and its symbols and function are explained in plain English.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the Chamber of Ancestors is redecorated in vibrant, glowing colours in honour of the Egyptian pharaohs who reigned before Pharaoh Thutmose III. Then, there\u2019s the ceiling relief on the vault in 3D, inspired by Babylonian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman systems. This is accompanied with a narration of its intricate and\u00a0complex function.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, the iconic\u00a0Paris-based museum,\u00a0has teamed up with Snap Inc.\u2019s (Snapchat) augmented reality (AR)\u00a0studio to launch a journey through Ancient Egypt, rendered in 3D. \u201cEgypt Augmented,\u201d which launches today, brings a fun and interactive way to learn about Ancient Egypt. 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