2.0
Rome Reborn 2.0 was jointly created by IATH, Procedural, and mental images in 2008. It runs on a 16-core Sun server.
Version 2.0 uses the 32 hand-made Class I models created at UCLA and Bordeaux and converted by IBM and IATH to 3D Studio Max format.
It completely replaces the Class II models derived from the physical model with procedural models created with the CityEngine software of Procedural using archaeological research undertaken by the Université de Caen and by IATH.
Thus, version 2.0 is greatly improved with respect to geometric detail. In versions 1.0 and 1.1, the detailing of Class II features (windows, doors, balconies, colonnades, porticoes, etc.) was provided by textures. In version 2.0, the features have been fully modeled, unlike versions 1.0 and 1.1 (which run only on a workstation), thanks to Mental Image's RealityServer software it can be used on the Internet.
The alpha version of 2.0 was shown at Siggraph 2008 in August, 2008. Currently, this version is being subjected to archaeological control. We hope to release the final version of 2.0 in late 2009.
See: Rome 2.0 - Images | Rome 2.0 - Video
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