DTS WEST and Shrude Design have created a digital twin service for the Kyoto National Museum that allows users to virtually view the interior of the Meiji Kotokan (former Imperial Museum of Kyoto Main Building), a designated Important Cultural Property that is normally closed to the public, using a smartphone, tablet, or computer.
They used a special scanner to collect measurement data on the exterior and interior of the Meiji Kotokan and worked on digitizing it.
By utilizing a digital twin, it is possible to measure data using special scanners and cameras without damaging cultural properties, and reproduce the structure of objects such as cultural properties in a virtual space. Objects reproduced in a virtual space can be freely manipulated on the screen and the interior can be checked, and it is expected that disaster recovery of cultural properties and preservation and use as digital data without damaging valuable cultural properties will be possible.
Users can virtually view the entrance hall and central hall inside the Meiji Kotokan for free using their own smartphones, tablets, or computers.
For more information, please visit Kyoto National Museum (https://www.kyohaku.go.jp/).

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