Inspiration
The difficulties of accessing Mount Ruwenzori, the 3rd highest mountain in Africa, whose Congolese side is difficult to access due to insecurity and other challenges inspired us to use virtual reality technologies to bring tourists there. Risk of snow disappearance and rare species
What it does
RuwenzoriVR is a platform offering immersive tours of Mount Ruwenzori accessible via virtual reality headsets and even on phones supporting ARKit or ARCore
How we built it
To realize this project, we realized the photogrammetry of the mountain in order to build a 3 dimensional and immersive object.
Challenges we ran into
The difficulties are enormous, notably the access to the appropriate equipment (which is expensive) but also the access to the site for our teams due to the insecurity in the region. Access to quantitative data during the study of the environment
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud of having laid the foundations of the virtual experience of Mount Ruwenzori, a first, which opens us to the creation of 3D objects of our region and which allows thousands of Congolese and others to experience the Congo in immersion from any location
What we learned
We learned how to create a 3D object digitization plan, team collaboration but also the realization of projects according to the initial specifications in the relay.
What's next
The next step of the project is to be able, beyond the small area that has been digitized, to create a module allowing the extension of the project.
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