http://www.metafilter.com/tags/forbiddencity Posts tagged with 'forbiddencity' at MetaFilter. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:38:10 -0800 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:38:10 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75610/3%2Dmillion%2Dvirtual%2Dtour%2Dof%2Dthe%2DForbidden%2DCity A $3million dollar, 3-year <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081010/od_nm/us_china_forbiddencity">project by IBM</a> to create a <a href="http://www.beyondspaceandtime.org/FCBSTWeb/web/index.html#link=index">virtual tour of China's Forbidden City</a> was released Friday. It is a <a href="http://www.beyondspaceandtime.org/FCBSTWeb/web/index.html#link=download">large download</a>, but there is support for Mac, Linux and Windows. Unlike most virtual tourist projects, this one seems to foreground actual human beings, and not just artifacts (architecture, art). It is based on gaming software but with an emphasis on historical authenticity and "a sense of decorum", meaning "you can't run and you can't fly," in the Forbidden City. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75610 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:38:10 -0800 china forbiddencity virtualtourism stbalbach