5000 years of Parisian history
Oct 1, 2012 13:32:13 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2012 13:32:13 GMT
It was "bread and circuses" night in Paris on Saturday, as is often the case, so they set up a little show for us peasants in front of the Hôtel de Ville. I had nothing better to do so I figured I would go and see it.
Basically it was a presentation of the founding and growth of Paris over the last 5000 years, done in 3D simulation in 180° on a semi-circle of nine screens. The simulation was done by Dassault Systèmes, a sub-division of the defense giant that helps to keep the world at war along with a lot of other companies. Dassault Systèmes are those nice people who whip of the simulations of bombing targets in the Middle East to make it all look like a video game instead of real life blood and suffering.
Perhaps this means that world peace is just around the corner if they are branching out into peaceful applications -- they're always several steps ahead of the rest of us, after all.
Anyway, it was in collaboration with a documentary series on the same subject, so this was sort of a 60-minute preview.
The BHV department store was still open and bustling on rue de Rivoli.
The crowd was good-natured since this event filled the normally empty time slot before Saturday night really gets started.
It started on time with military precision.
One thing that I liked was that they had a live presenter, the director of the Musée Carnavalet, which is the municipal museum of the history of Paris. And the navigation of the simulation was done live also, so it wasn't just a film the whole time.
Basically it was a presentation of the founding and growth of Paris over the last 5000 years, done in 3D simulation in 180° on a semi-circle of nine screens. The simulation was done by Dassault Systèmes, a sub-division of the defense giant that helps to keep the world at war along with a lot of other companies. Dassault Systèmes are those nice people who whip of the simulations of bombing targets in the Middle East to make it all look like a video game instead of real life blood and suffering.
Perhaps this means that world peace is just around the corner if they are branching out into peaceful applications -- they're always several steps ahead of the rest of us, after all.
Anyway, it was in collaboration with a documentary series on the same subject, so this was sort of a 60-minute preview.
The BHV department store was still open and bustling on rue de Rivoli.
The crowd was good-natured since this event filled the normally empty time slot before Saturday night really gets started.
It started on time with military precision.
One thing that I liked was that they had a live presenter, the director of the Musée Carnavalet, which is the municipal museum of the history of Paris. And the navigation of the simulation was done live also, so it wasn't just a film the whole time.
