Youth recreate Iraq's ancient Nineveh in VR technology

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Youth recreate Iraq's ancient Nineveh in VR technology
Stone by stone, digital artists and game developers from Mosul are rebuilding Nineveh's heritage sites in the digital world.Flying over the Nergal Gate built some 2700 years ago, visitors of this virtual universe come face to face with the two winged bulls at its entrance, before diving into the courtyard of one of old Mosul's historic houses dating from the Ottoman period.
 
The aim of the project is to create an immersive game played under the headset in virtual reality, during which players from all over the world solve mysteries to discover Ninevehs's archaeological heritage sites.Nineveh, an Assyrian city in ancient Mesopotamia, gave its name to today's Nineveh Governorate where the city of Mosul is located.
 
Starting from scratch, the virtual reality team of Mosul's "QAF Media Lab" set up the project about eight months ago. Project co-ordinator, Moyasser Nasseer, said getting the necessary equipment from abroad to Mosul in northern Iraq proved challenging at first.To build accurate 3D models of Nineveh's heritage sites, the team collected data from sites that still exist today and used archive materials to reconstruct sites damaged over the centuries or more recently, by members of Islamic State.
 
With the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis and the boom of the online entertainment industry, the market for virtual reality games is expanding as well.People under lockdown enjoy being able to travel at least virtually while students and researchers get access to the project data online, Moyasser Nasseer told Reuters.
 
 
 
 
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