Ancient Colosseum: A Virtual reality experience with Oculus Rift

the Coliseum stands as a spectacular monument of the Roman Empire a remarkable feat of architecture and engineering the structure is so impressive that we almost forget that this arena was built for a gruesome purpose here men battle sometimes to the death for the amusement of the crowd standing guard outside the colosseum is the Roman Sun God solace this towering statue of drums had cosmetic surgery originally depicting Nero an unpopular Emperor who fell out of favor with the public for his extravagant spending habits the statue was remodeled into the less controversial saunas it took 24 elephants to drag this imposing figure from Nero's Palace to its final resting place beside the Colosseum the Colosseum a massive Stadium housing 50,000 spectators was largely built on one simple golden girl the arch each arch has a key stone which absorbs the weight of the building and redistributes it down to pillars there are 80 arches along the perimeter of the lower room with two more levels of arches on top the stadium was meant to leave the Romans and a hold of the ancient world awestruck with its spectacle size and beauty statues and three styles of columns Doric ionic and Corinthian decorated the exterior welcome to the Colosseum here we fight for glory for our lives and for our freedom some of us were soldiers who fought against the Romans protecting our homeland now we're the entertainment our lives are in the hands of the crab and Caesar fight well and live to fight another day otherwise that trip through the Gateway and death is our destiny unlike watching again to steam today a Roman citizen could not simply upgrade to a better seat of purchasing the more expensive ticket seating was based on a Romans place in society it's the Emperor and his entourage had the best view of walk from his private box dragging the Emperor with the Senators the morning cause of the Empire next k-mer loads of it followed by common citizens the citizens were divided into two groups which in court as one might expect the world think of the better seats in later years one last section was added made entirely from work these nosebleed seats were the lowest of the low in your saves the common core and women the Coliseum a stadium built almost 2,000 years ago and a retractable roof called a velarium it's out certain I look to function exactly but it is believed salespeople to open and close the enormous plans as a shade the roads from Italy's hot Suns comfort was a concern as 50,000 disgruntled spectators could easily become an out of control and the Romans geniuses of construction built a two-level complex beneath the Coliseum floor called the hypogeum housing gladiators and wild animals at any time in an event trap doors were open up on the floor to reveal new competitors or fierce creatures a remarkable advanced elevator system made this possible you

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Keywords: Virtual Reality (Media Genre), Colosseum (Tourist Attraction), Ancient Rome (Film Subject), musuem virtual reality, museum VR, VR, Oculus Rift (Video Game Platform), History, htc vive

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Length: 5min 58sec (358 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 23 2015