{"id":41664,"date":"2024-12-14T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41664"},"modified":"2024-12-13T18:12:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:12:37","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-explore-the-worlds-first-3d-replica-of-st-peters-basilica-made-with-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41664","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the global doorstep\u2019: Explore the World\u2019s First 3D Replica of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica\u2026 made with AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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image for illustration: St Peter’s Basilica<\/a> by Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the trailer below for the world\u2019s first 3D replica of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, Yves Ubelmann speaks of using \u2018AI for Good,\u2019 which isn\u2019t just an ideal, but also the name of a lab at Microsoft. Microsoft and Ubelman\u2019s digital-preservation company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Open Culture<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iconem were two of the participants in that ambitious project, along with the Vatican itself. Pope Francis, writes AP\u2019s Nicole Winfield, \u2018has called for the ethical use of AI and used his annual World Message of Peace this year to urge an international treaty to regulate it, arguing that technology lacking human values of compassion, mercy, morality and forgiveness were too great.\u2019 What better show of good faith in the technology than to allow AI to be used to bring the center of the faith Pope Francis represents to the world? In the nearly 400 years since its completion, of course, the world has always come to the current St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, and will continue to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 3D-replica project \u2018has been launched ahead of the Vatican\u2019s 2025 Jubilee, a holy year in which more than 30 million pilgrims are expected to pass through the basilica\u2019s Holy Door, on top of the 50,000 who visit on a normal day,\u2019 Winfield writes. But no matter where in the world you happen to be, you can virtually enter St. Peter\u2019s Basilica right now, and spend as long as you like, admiring the basilica itself, the cupola, Bernini\u2019s St. Peter\u2019s Baldachin, and Michelangelo\u2019s Piet\u00e0, among other features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However important (and attention-drawing) artificial intelligence was as a tool in the creation of this ultra-precise \u2018digital twin\u2019 of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, the four-week process of capturing every detail of the real structure that could be captured also necessitated the use of drones, lasers, and cameras taking more than 400,000 digital photos. The \u2018AI for Good Lab contributed advanced tools that refined the digital twin with millimeter-level accuracy, and used AI to help detect and map structural vulnerabilities like cracks and missing mosaic tiles,\u2019 says Microsoft\u2019s site. \u2018The Vatican oversaw the collaboration, ensuring the preservation of the Basilica as a cultural, spiritual, and historically significant site for years to come.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It makes a certain sense to apply the highest technology of our time for the benefit of a building known as the greatest architectural marvel of its time. But in order to better appreciate the kind of knowledge that will be revealed by the 22 petabytes of information that went into the digital model (which offers its own guided tour) we\u2019d do well to immerse ourselves first in what was already known about St. Peter\u2019s Basilica. For a brief introduction to the conception and evolution of this grand church as it stands today, we could do much worse than architecture-and-history YouTuber Manuel Bravo\u2019s video \u2018St Peter\u2019s Basilica Explained.\u2019 If you watch it, don\u2019t be surprised if you find yourself tempted to engage in prolonged exploration of the model \u2014 or indeed, to book a visit to the real thing. Enter the digital St. Peter\u2019s here.

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