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Palaces and Gardens of Europe
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Palaces and Gardens of Europe is a CD-ROM virtual tour through the baroque and classical palaces of Europe. Imagine experiencing contemporary life, exploring the kitchens, walking in the gardens and hearing the music of the day...
This project exploits CD-ROM technology to make European palaces and gardens � some of them long since destroyed � come to life through the use of sound, movement and interaction, as well as text and graphics. Each of the 20 palaces and gardens � ranging from the most important baroque and classical sites in Versailles in the West to the Palace of St Petersburg in the East - is reconstructed from pictures, film and photographs to create animated, 3D sequences using virtual video. The CD-ROM will connect to the World Wide Web to ensure that users can get time-critical information (special exhibitions, new research, etc.).
Palaces and Gardens of Europe, from the publishing house Kairos Vision in Paris, will be part of the Monumenta collection dedicated to European cultural heritage. It builds on the work of an earlier project undertaken with support from the Impact2 Programme of the European Commission. Initial production will be in French, English and German, but versions are also planned for the Italian, Spanish and Japanese markets.

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