{"id":100032,"date":"2018-04-18T11:09:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T11:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=100032"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:32:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:32:49","slug":"google-heritage-conservation-vr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-heritage-conservation-vr\/","title":{"rendered":"Google is using VR to help conserve the world’s cultural heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google Arts & Culture<\/a> is an incredible app that allows you to walk around some of the most amazing museums and galleries in the world via your smartphone and even in VR. While you\u2019re there, you can zoom in on some of the world\u2019s most famous artworks, view some of the best exhibits, and even set up your own virtual collections to show your friends.<\/p>\n

In a new initiative called the Open Heritage Project<\/a>, Google Arts & Culture is teaming up with the non-profit organization CyArk<\/a> to help preserve some of the world\u2019s most vulnerable cultural heritage sites so that they can be saved for future generations and presented in virtual reality using the Google Arts and Culture app<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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CyArk was founded by Ben Kacrya who helped develop some of the world\u2019s first 3D laser scanning technology. Kacrya founded CyArk when he realized that his technology could be used to help preserve the world\u2019s monuments that are most at risk from destruction via natural disasters, war, or even tourism. Since 2003 CyArk has been traveling the world and using the laser scanning technology developed by Kacrya, DSLR cameras, and drones to help create accurate 3D models of at-risk cultural monuments. As well as creating the models, the highly accurate scans and high-resolution images can help identify damaged areas and assist restoration work.<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s partnership with CyArk gives the search giant access to the impressive catalog of scans and images that the non-profit has built up over the last 15 years. Using CyArk’s data Google has created stories relating to over 25 iconic sites throughout 18 countries around the world, including 3D models viewable from all angles. Even more impressive, Google has already begun recreating key monuments from certain\u00a0sites so that you can actually walk in and around them using your smartphone, computer, or virtual reality viewer.<\/p>\n