Oct 01, 2019 13:00:00

Google releases `` Versailles Palace VR '' for free, allowing you to stroll around gorgeous world heritage while at home

Google has released

VersaillesVR, a VR headset app that allows you to enjoy the Palace of Versailles in VR. With VersaillesVR, you can visit the Palace of Versailles while you are at home, experience a total of 340 artworks such as paintings, sculptures, and furnishings on the walls and ceilings in VR, and touch the palace stories unfolded in Paris It has become.

Make the Palace of Versailles yours on Google Arts & Culture
https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/arts-culture/make-palace-versailles-yours-google-arts-culture/

Versailles: Make your palace yours — Google Arts & Culture
https://artsandculture.google.com/project/versailles

Steam: VersaillesVR | the Palace is yours
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098190/VersaillesVR__the_Palace_is_yours/

When you play the following movie, you can see what happens when you actually experience VersaillesVR.

Versailles: The Palace Is Yours-YouTube


In the past, I was able to visit the “ Mirror Corridor ” of the Palace of Versailles with Google Street View.

But if you look at VersaillesVR with a VR headset ...

You can experience the Palace of Versailles with a 360-degree view.

You can't just look over the interior. When you focus on one piece of art by operating the controller ...

You can appreciate the sculpture in detail.

The total area captured to achieve VersaillesVR is 36,000 square meters including walls and ceilings.

A total of 132,000 photos were taken to build a 3D model using photogrammetry.

In addition to artworks, you can also see furniture unique to the Palace of Versailles, such as the jewelry cabinet used by

Marie Antoinette .

In addition, you can experience a corridor of mirrors decorated with 357 mirrors and numerous artworks ...

You can also see delicate brushstrokes of paintings on display in the palace gallery.

VersaillesVR is distributed free of charge on Steam, and the supported VR devices are “ Oculus Rift ”, “ HTC Vive ” and “ Valve Index ”.