Ever wondered what it must be like to live in the Queen’s official residence, Buckingham Palace, if you can’t visit it yourself?
Well, a new virtual reality tour of the famous royal home is about to bring it to life.
The Royal Collection Trust, the charity which manages the historic building, has teamed up with Google
Expeditions to take users on a free ‘virtual field trip’ of the palace
from anywhere in the world, simply by using their smart phone, from
today.
And
while the Queen hasn’t had the chance to try out the experience for
herself as she is still in residence at Sandringham, it is understood
that she is aware of the project and has given it her seal of approval.
The
Buckingham Palace Expedition contains material shot at the residence
just last week, using 16 ‘Google jump cameras’ on a circular tripod,
each taking a different picture shot at the same time.
These
have been knitted together to make one seamless piece of panoramic
footage which will allow anyone viewing it to experience the scene in
every direction, as if they were in the room themselves.
The
high resolution technology is now so sophisticated that it is
impossible to see the borders where the pictures are spliced together,
offering viewers an uncannily realistic experience.
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