{"id":53,"date":"2022-09-26T19:09:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T19:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2022\/?p=53"},"modified":"2022-10-20T16:58:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:58:16","slug":"expedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2022\/expedition\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Prehistoric Nebraska Virtually"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With a new 3D, interactive virtual museum, history lovers worldwide can now experience prehistoric Nebraska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cExpedition Nebraska: A Natural History VR Experience\u201d is a virtual extension of the University of Nebraska State Museum. Using a computer, smartphone or virtual reality headset, viewers from anywhere can see exhibits and fossils from different perspectives and \u201cmeet\u201d Great Plains animals from millions of years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is a partnership between the museum and Nebraska Public Media Labs, one of the first collaborations between a museum and a public media outlet. The goal is making the museum\u2019s rich collections globally accessible and creating a repository of educational resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220121-vrmuseum-01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Interactive virtual musuem uses photogrammetry to give viewers \na fully immersive, nearly 360-degree perspective of exhibits.\" class=\"wp-image-237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220121-vrmuseum-01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220121-vrmuseum-01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220121-vrmuseum-01-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220121-vrmuseum-01-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220121-vrmuseum-01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>The interactive virtual musuem uses photogrammetry to give viewers a fully immersive, nearly 360-degree perspective of exhibits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The team developed the virtual museum using photogrammetry, which stitches together many pictures of an object using specialized software. This allows viewers nearly 360-degree access to observe exhibits. Developers used 3D modeling, advanced audio techniques and a game engine to complete the environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitors can move through exhibits discussing Nebraska\u2019s Sandhills and simulating the museum\u2019s original location from 1871. The \u201cCave of Time\u201d houses portals to seven prehistoric ages. Users can enter these fully immersive \u201cbioramas,\u201d encountering photogrammetrically rendered animal models in their environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team will develop additional content for this experience over the next decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a new 3D, interactive virtual museum, history lovers worldwide can now experience prehistoric Nebraska. \u201cExpedition Nebraska: A Natural History VR Experience\u201d is a virtual extension of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 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