US EditionThe Second Life of Notre Dame: Microsoft Backs a Digital Resurrection
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE, FRANCE, JUL 21 – The digital twin will preserve Notre-Dame’s architecture and provide virtual access, supporting conservation efforts and cultural heritage preservation for future generations, Microsoft said.
- On Monday, Microsoft President Brad Smith said the company is teaming up with the French government to create a digital replica of Notre-Dame Cathedral, with the replica being created with the French culture ministry’s heritage institute and Iconem.
- Amid growing calls for digital sovereignty, Microsoft announced its European Digital Commitments earlier this year, highlighting Europe’s push for sovereign cloud and AI independence.
- Microsoft will digitally document the cathedral’s intricate architecture, with GitHub and the heritage institute partnering with Hugging Face for broad access.
- Supporting long-term conservation, the data can support conservation work for generations, Brad Smith added, and the digital twin will be donated to the French State for preservation and display.
- Expected to take at least a year, Brad Smith told French media the project will probably cost several million dollars, and Microsoft will expand its Strasbourg innovation centres to develop underrepresented European languages in AI.
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Microsoft builds Digital Notre-Dame
What if you could step inside Notre-Dame, even if you’re sitting at home in your pyjamas? Well, that’s exactly what Microsoft is working on – and it’s not just for the Instagram crowd. The tech giant has teamed up with the French government to create a digital twin of Paris’ most famous cathedral, and it could change the way we protect historic buildings for good. Notre-Dame may have only just… Source
The head of the pain-stricken Microsoft company has announced that he will have the Cathedral of Notre-Dame digitized, but the French are skeptical about what this should be good for.
A digital replica of Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral will be used to record the architectural details of the building, considered the most visited monument in France, since it reopened its doors to the public last year after a devastating fire in 2019.
Microsoft to showcase Notre-Dame Cathedral in digital replica
Microsoft is teaming up with the French government to create a digital replica of Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral, France's most visited monument, the US tech company's president Brad Smith said on Monday.
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