Take a virtual tour of the Roman temples in Baalbek, Lebanon. See today’s ruins on the World Heritage site and travel back to see its ancient splendor digitally restored. Hear explanations of the experts of the German Archaeological Institute. Learn about the sanctuary’s ancient and post-antique design and use. Marvel at some of the finest examples of ancient Roman architecture in the Near East. Visit one of the best-preserved Roman temples—the so-called Temple of Bacchus. See a recreation of the Temple of Jupiter, one of the biggest shrines in the entire empire. Go atop its roof to see the dramatic view. Explore a plaza rivaling in grandeur the fora in Rome. Learn how the granite used in the sanctuary was brought all the way from Egypt and how the Temple of Jupiter is in part built of the largest stones ever quarried in human history. Virtual tourism and virtual time travel combine to bring ancient Baalbek back to life so you can appreciate this unique gem of art and architecture.
Informative Guided Tour. This VR experience adds another dimension to Baalbek. I had gone to Baalbek in person about 4 years ago. While an incredible experience, it was difficult to fully grasp what the structures must've looked like in ancient times, even with the pictures depiciting it. Thank you to all that worked on this
Pretty Awesome. It's a great way to visit sites like this with historical and arcitectural value and significance. In the end it's basically a 360 camera dubbing as a 'VR" experience but just being there and then seeing the recreations from its glory days was enough to bump it up to 4 stars, even if it could use a serious gfx upgrade. It's worth it if you're into history, Roman hisotry, or greco/roman arctitecture.
Library of Realities.com review:. Baalbek Reborn: Temples presents an engaging 45 minute tour crafted by the German Archaeological Institute that is available in four different languages. Accompanying the audio narration is a combination of 360 degree photography and computer graphic reconstruction of the site from around 40 different locations.
Aerial photography of the Bequaa Valley introduces the experience, complete with an accompanying narration that provides a good overview of the city and temple site. In VR you're free to engage with the tour at your own pace using the clean and capable menu and map interface on your left hand. The menu is also the place where you can start, pause and skip each location-based chapter of the audio tour. Past and present views from each vantage point are revealed as the audio narration plays out. The menu does provide you with the option to switch between views yourself, though this does reset the position of the audio. Also, there's no snap turning available, making it difficult as a seated experience.
Though there's a lot to see on this tour we were disappointed with the mediocre resolution the 360 degree photography. Particularly for a tour that focuses on architectural detail it was disappointing not to be able to fully appreciate the many examples of inscription and decoration carved into the 2,000 year old stone. Computer generated recreated scenes are also somewhat blurry and look outdated compared with what is possible with modern textures and 3D modelling.
Use of VR is limited. Our vantage points are fixed stationary images that are lacking any sense of presence. Can't walk around the site freely, no audible ambience to pull us in, and shots of stationary visitors in the frame remind us that we're just looking at photographs.
✅ Good coverage of the site with many locations. ✅ Engaging in-depth audio narration. ❌ Mediocre static photography and computer generated images. ❌ Static, stationary prescribed locations with little immersion.
I recently re-watched Gladiator. This is a recent addition to all the VR app stores. It's very well done, but is just 360 photos of recreations, not that there's anything wrong with that. It's just that you'll get the most out of this experience if you listen to all the narration, but I'm usually always so pressed for time.
Not good at all. Even though it is free, it is realy worth, don't install. It is far from being a VR application, its just a not well done 360° thing with no free movement and the 3D reconstruction isn't done very well. Where do the 75% 5 Stars come from..?????
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