Dassault Systèmes recreates the history of Paris in an immersive 3D experience

This virtual reality project, Accessible from multiple devices and platforms, allows you to travel along 5.000 years of history of the French capital.

Dassault Systèmes (DS), Company specializing in product lifecycle management (PLM), 3D digital design and mockups, Paris 3D Saga has just been presented, an immersive experience in the 3D world with the city of Paris as the protagonist and with which visitors can travel through time.

This virtual reality project has been developed by the DS team in collaboration with CanalSat, Planete+, the Paris City Hall and the Carnavalet Museum.

At the beginning of 2012, Dassault Systèmes partnered with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Harvard University to create a 3D model Precise of the Giza necropolis. The lessons learned in the 3D reconstruction of the famous pyramids have been used by archaeologists, Historians (directed by Didier Busson) and 3D experts to build "Paris 3D Saga", an ambitious project that faithfully portrays the city of Paris throughout the 5.000 years of its history.

Virtual models

To build the virtual models, All kinds of available sources of information have been used, as blueprints, Pictures, Archaeological Discoveries, texts... Iconic monuments such as the Bastille, Notre Dame, the Louvre or the Eiffel Tower with its surrounding streets have been recreated in detail, and always under the approval of the researchers, in interactive environments based on Dassault Systèmes 3D technology. The 3D experience is accessible from multiple devices and platforms: A dedicated website, iPad app, 3D movies, 3D educational documentaries and three-dimensional touch terminals.

Virtual visitors can now be transported to medieval Paris or witness the French Revolution from a bird's eye view, on an exciting and stimulating journey for the senses. The project also opens up a new field of possibilities for film documentation and staging, with a new 3D technique that has already been used by Dassault Systèmes and Gédéon Programmes for audiovisual productions Ice Dream and Khufu Revelealed.

"At Dassault Systèmes, we use our technology to share knowledge through 3D experiences, bringing the story to life so that researchers, teachers and the general public can enjoy it", Mehdi Tayoubi highlighted, Vice President of Digital and Experimental Strategy at Dassault Systèmes.

Access to Paris 3D.

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