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Touring the Vatican from Home
By Chris Erickson | September 1, 2010
Thanks to Villanova University of Pennsylvania faculty and students, Rome can now be brought to your home. At the Vatican website you can experience 360-degree images of the Sistine Chapel, and the Basilicas of St. Paul Outside the Walls, St. John Lateran, St. Peter, and St. Mary Major. The “virtual tour” uses high-resolution images to give the viewers a sense of being within the actual rooms. Associate Professor Frank Klassner in Villanova’s Computing Sciences Department led the project, using advanced powered cameras to take several thousand photographs, and then “digitally stitch them together.”
Topics: Pilgrimage, Vatican | 2 Comments »
September 24th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
It is a dream of mine to visit the Vatican. Going there by virtual tour was deeply moving, as if longing to be home. My most sincerest thanks to the producers of this tour.
January 5th, 2011 at 7:36 am
yesterday I told my wife that I need to go to Vatican, it’s incredible what my eyes have seen as if I was walking around. Thanks God and big thanks to those who have prepared a real treasure for those who can’t Travel.