Using augmented reality software and 3D modeling, Israeli startup Architip is developing a smartphone app that will enhance the visitor experience at historical and archaeological sites. The technology has been piloted at the site of Tel Lachish (pictured), where the Architip team mapped and “virtualized” the city famously besieged by the Assyrians during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah. In the future, visitors to major archaeological sites will be able to use the Architip app to visualize the grandeur of many other ancient Biblical cities.
BAS Library Members: Read more about the site of Lachish in “Why Lachish Matters” by Philip J. King as it appeared in the July/August 2005 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review.
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Cool app, and always amazing what can be done with virtual 3D. I guess this would also work on the iPad?