Virtual Tour of the Forbidden City

in History | October 13th, 2008 7 Comments

Thanks to $3 million dollars from IBM and three years of effort, you can now download a virtual tour of China’s Forbidden City. Based on gaming software, the project lets you take a three dimensional tour of the imperial palace built during the mid-Ming Dynasty, starting in 1406 (get more info here).

Update: This was originally posted in 2008. It looks like the virtual tour has been taken offline.

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  1. Mike says . . . | October 14, 2008 / 7:16 pm

    That is pretty interesting. At least we can be sure that there is increasing interest in the virtual world space. The file is massive though.
    Talking about virtually visiting places of interest, http://www.amazingworlds.com is way better.

  2. 100 Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours You Don’t Want to Miss | Online Universities says . . . | January 5, 2010 / 9:13 am

    [...] Virtual Tour of the Forbidden City. Download the software that will allow you to take a 3D tour of the imperial palace in China in the 15th century. [...]

  3. Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours | Learn By Doing says . . . | January 10, 2010 / 8:02 pm

    [...] Virtual Tour of the Forbidden City. Download the software that will allow you to take a 3D tour of the imperial palace in China in the 15th century. [...]

  4. 100 Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours You Don’t Want to Miss | Online Universities « Jeff Thomas Technology says . . . | January 22, 2010 / 5:10 am

    [...] Virtual Tour of the Forbidden City. Download the software that will allow you to take a 3D tour of the imperial palace in China in the 15th century. [...]

  5. Spaceghost12 says . . . | June 3, 2011 / 6:51 pm

    break in link on virtual tour, won’t load

  6. Lee says . . . | October 11, 2011 / 3:49 pm

    Can someone just show me a link to download the Virtual Forbidden City without some scam website trying to get me to sign up of mislead me with a link to something else?

  7. Anguilla Tours says . . . | November 3, 2011 / 9:33 am

    Anguilla Tours…

    [...]Virtual Tour of the Forbidden City | Open Culture[...]…

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