Ancient Qumran: A Virtual Reality Tour (2007)

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How it feels

This film is a computer generated virtual reconstruction of the ancient Khirbet Qumran site. It presents a visual model of the settlement linked to the Dead Sea Scrolls and is shown with a spoken historical interpretation.

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What happens

Ancient Qumran: A Virtual Reality Tour is the title of a computer-generated film that presents a theoretical reconstruction of the ancient Khirbet Qumran site in the West Bank. The film is silent, but is projected together with an oral presentation interpreting the Qumran site's historical significance. The film and presentation were authored by Robert Cargill, while a graduate student at UCLA and an associate of the Qumran Visualization Project (QVP) that was directed by UCLA bible scholar William Schniedewind. QVP presents itself as "a tool to better illustrate the daily life of the community described within the [Dead Sea] scrolls." The UCLA International Institute cites Cargill and Schniedewind as saying that their new virtual model resolves long-simmering controversies surrounding the important Dead Sea Scrolls site. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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