Preserving heritage sites using 3D modeling and virtual reality technology

Abstract

This paper presents a model that is designed at preserving heritage sites by implementing 3D modeling and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies. The proposed model consists of reconstructed 3D models of historical establishments, a VR application and a digital archive of the aforementioned 3D models. To implement the proposed model, three dimensional reconstructions of few prominent heritage sites of Dhaka are created by using Autodesk 3ds Max. Then the 3D models are implemented in a VR environment so that users can explore the heritage sites and finally to preserve the 3D models, a digital archive has been created to store the 3D renderings of the heritage sites. The experimental results demonstrate the novelty of the approach which is successful in utilizing 3D modeling techniques and VR applications that can help to conserve the heritage sites by using an inexpensive method which can be accessed by a wider range of people.