Love London? This prize-winning animation lets you fly through 17th century London. Six students from De Montfort University have created a stellar 3D representation of 17th century London, as it existed before The Great Fire of 1666. The three-minute video provides a realistic animation of Tudor London, and particularly a section called Pudding Lane where the fire started. Most of the buildings are conjectural, the students used a realistic street pattern taken from historical maps and have even included the hanging signs of genuine inns and businesses mentioned in diaries from the period. For their efforts, the De Montfort team was awarded first prize in the Off the Map contest, a competition run by The British Library and video game developers GameCity and Crytek. You can find more information at The British Library’s Digital Scholarship blog: britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/10/off-the-map-winners-announced.html
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:00:02 +0000
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