{"id":441,"date":"2015-07-03T14:01:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T13:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/?p=441"},"modified":"2019-10-07T20:24:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T19:24:55","slug":"virtual-reconstruction-of-the-city-of-sopianae-2013-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/?p=441","title":{"rendered":"Virtual reconstruction of the city of Sopianae | 2013-2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leading archaeologist Oliv\u00e9r G\u00e1bor wanted to visualize the history of P\u00e9cs for a long time. He contacted me in 2012 to talk about a virtual reconstruction of Sopianae at\u00a0the end of the IV. century AD. We wanted to show not just the grand and luxurious side of the city, but also the\u00a0everyday\u00a0life of the average citizen.\u00a0The visitor should walk\u00a0freely in the virtually reconstructed city, discover the scenes in his\/her own pace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sopianae rekonstrukci\u00f3 trailer 3 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UX5ESb0oO_I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The work started\u00a0in\u00a0the end of 2013 with collecting the available data, publications, photos, drawings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-468\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-468 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sopianae_map-550x185.jpg\" alt=\"Map of the excavation at Ter\u00e9z street.\" width=\"550\" height=\"185\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of the excavation at Ter\u00e9z street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>21\u00a0objects, coins, glasses, samian wares, iron tools destined for showcasing both in the permanent exhibition and in the reconstruction\u00a0were photographed from all angles to aid the 3D modelling process.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-466\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ink_pot_reconstruction.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-466 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ink_pot_reconstruction-550x239.jpg\" alt=\"Phases of the reconstruction of an ink pot\" width=\"550\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ink_pot_reconstruction-550x239.jpg 550w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ink_pot_reconstruction-600x261.jpg 600w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ink_pot_reconstruction.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phases of the reconstruction of an ink pot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Out of 8 possible scenes a palace, a city house with bath, and a square with a granary and shops\u00a0were chosen for the first round.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-473\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mercator.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-473 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mercator-550x206.jpg\" alt=\"House of the Mercator.\" width=\"550\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mercator-550x206.jpg 550w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mercator-600x225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mercator.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House of the Mercator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-474\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/granary.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-474 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/granary-550x206.jpg\" alt=\"Square with the granary and shops.\" width=\"550\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/granary-550x206.jpg 550w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/granary-600x225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/granary.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Square with the granary and shops.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-475\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/palace.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-475 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/palace-550x206.jpg\" alt=\"Palace of a wealthy man.\" width=\"550\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/palace-550x206.jpg 550w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/palace-600x225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/palace.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palace of a wealthy man.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Visitors can control a virtual time traveler, walk and look around like in an fps video game. In the vicinity of a\u00a0featured\u00a0artifact an outline indicates that it is clickable, if done so the screen changes to a showroom with the enlarged object and it&#8217;s\u00a0description.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-482\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/object_02b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-482 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/object_02b-550x308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/object_02b-550x308.jpg 550w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/object_02b-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/object_02b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artifact showroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Characters were based on real life people.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-486 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/people_photo-550x206.jpg\" alt=\"Models for the characters.\" width=\"550\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/people_photo-550x206.jpg 550w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/people_photo-600x225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/people_photo.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Models for the characters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-485\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/people.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-485 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/people-550x206.jpg\" alt=\"In-game characters.\" width=\"550\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/people-550x206.jpg 550w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/people-600x225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/people.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In-game characters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/people.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>There were 258 models, 323 textures, 233 materials made for this project, all from scratch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-491\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/assets.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-491 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/assets-550x206.jpg\" alt=\"Models, textures, materials.\" width=\"550\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/assets-550x206.jpg 550w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/assets-600x225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/virtualreconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/assets.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Models, textures, materials.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>client: Directorate of Baranya County Museums<br \/>\nleading archaeologist: Oliv\u00e9r G\u00e1bor<br \/>\nreconstruction: \u00c1d\u00e1m N\u00e9meth<br \/>\nbuilding models: \u00c1d\u00e1m N\u00e9meth<br \/>\nobject models: \u00c1d\u00e1m N\u00e9meth, P\u00e9ter Kir\u00e1ly, B\u00e9la Kotrocz\u00f3, \u00c1kos Hal\u00e1sz, Attila Mucska, Rudolf B\u00e9res, Csaba Borb\u00e9ly, Endre Sz\u00e1mel<br \/>\nmusic: Kevin MacLeod http:\/\/incompetech.com<\/p>\n<p>Contact me: info atsign virtualreconstruction.com<\/p>\n<p>Made with Unreal Engine 4<\/p>\n<p>An interview with the curator, and usage of the application: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NlVgrMwaWKk\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NlVgrMwaWKk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading archaeologist Oliv\u00e9r G\u00e1bor wanted to visualize the history of P\u00e9cs for a long time. 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