CVRLab / UCLA

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CVRLab / UCLA
Cultural VR Lab
Homepage:	http://www.cvrlab.org/
Location
City:	Los Angeles
State:	California
Country:	USA

The CVRLab was started to give archeologists and architectural historians a place where they could be the managers of the process of digitally creating and publishing 3D models. The mission of the Lab is two-fold:

• to create authenticated 3D computer models of culturally significant sites around the world;
• to research ways of utilizing computer models in teaching, research, and commerce.

Differentiating the Lab from a typical graphics company is its commitment to the highest possible scientific accuracy and its ability to create models authenticated by leading scholars and cultural authorities. The first step in modeling a site is creation of a small Scientific Committee of the world’s leading scholars on the site. Only when a Scientific Committee is satisfied that a model is as up-to-date and accurate as possible is it considered finished and ready for release.

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