Pompeii Regio I, Insula IX, House 13 - reconstruction

I created this model for my MSc dissertation using data collected by Sophie Hay. The aim was to create a realistic-looking interactive model which the user/viewer could "walk" around inside using VR4MAX. The model was built in Google SketchUp from the AutoCAD 3D drawing containing all of the survey data. It was then imported into 3ds Max where it underwent texturing. When this was complete, the model was imported into VR4MAX where buttons were assigned to the opening and closing of doors. The project was not a complete success as the interactivity provided by VR4MAX was very artificial. For example, one button had to be used to open a specific set of doors, another used to close them, still another to open a different set of doors and so on. In addition to this VR4MAX was unable to render the procedural textures used in the 3ds Max model on the exterior walls of the house.

The VR4MAX .exe model file can be downloaded here for viewing: house13.exe (20MB). The file is the model and VR4MAX viewer packaged together. For viewing instructions please refer to the Readme file: readme.txt