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Article: A 3D Tour of Ancient Rome -- at UCLA.(Brief Article)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
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- June 12, 2000
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Rome wasn't built in a day, but that isn't deterring a UCLA professor and a team of seven archeologists and computer scientists from recreating the ancient city, brick by brick.
Instead of lugging millions of pounds of marble like in the old days, classics professor Bernard Frischer and his team at the Cultural Virtual Reality Lab are using three-dimensional computer graphic programs to recreate antiquities down to the last detail.
The lab is just one of a handful across the globe creating authentic 3D computer models of antiquities. Already being featured in cultural exhibits, the lab's models will soon appear in interactive encyclopedias and ...