Funes: Creating a 3D Digital Archive of Cultural Heritage Sites
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Summary
Funes is a project that creates a 3D digital archive of cultural heritage sites, including ruins and castles, by recording them through high-quality 3D models, panoramas, and guided stories. The archive serves museums, researchers, and global visitors as a digital preservation effort for physical monuments.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledPreserve Our Physical World Together
From ruins to castles, we record what human hands have shaped
Funes builds an ever-growing 3D archive — a digital memory of our physical world
Funes digitizes monuments and cultural heritage into high-quality 3D models, panoramas, and guided stories
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