3D meshes in .fbx format and textures as .jpg-files, and Unity Prefab of the composite 3D model of the Ancient Theatre of Miletus. Unity .meta-files are also inluded and are required for the Unity Prefab conncetions.
In total, there are 14 separate 3D meshes and 33 high-resolution textures (8k and 4k). The dataset includes a Unity template (Prefab) with the combined, correctly aligned 3D meshes that form the full digital Version (Digital Twin) of the Ancient Theatre of Miletus.
The 3D data was collected with photography, drone imaging, and LiDAR 3D scanning. The data was processed and combined for creating the 3D meshes and textures for each part of the theatre. To use the 3D model of the Ancient Theatre of Miletus import all files of this dataset (including the .meta-files) into the Unity Asset folder of your project. You only need to add "01_TheatreOfMiletusComplete_Prefab.prefab" to your Unity scene to use the 3D model in Unity.
This dataset includes the following separate 3D models (3D mesh + textures) of the Ancient Theatre of Miletus:
Theatre Main Part:
Theater_Ost_199k_2x8k_Average
Theater_West_200k_2x8k_Average
Theater_Portal3_Stufen_25k_1x8k_Mosaik
Theater_Rang1_299k_8x8k_Mosaik
Theater_Rang2_Rest_449k_6x8k_Mosaik
Theater_Rang2_Spezial_100k_4x8k_Mosaik
Theatre Outer Part:
Theater_Castell_148k_2x8k_Mosaik
Theater_OuterPart_79k_2x8k_Mosaik
Theatre Detail Scans of Areas and Structures with Written Artefacts:
282_Chunk_9_Zuschnitt_WCS_Reduziert_1x8k_Mosaik
283-284_Chunk_8_Zuschnitt_WCS_Reduziert_1x8k_Mosaik
290_Chunk_6_Zuschnitt_WCS_Reduziert_1x8k_Mosaik
291_Chunk_7_Zuschnitt_WCS_Reduziert_1x8k_Mosaik
295_Basisinschrift_Zuschnitt_WCS_Reduziert_1x8k_Mosaik
332_Oikodomoi_Zuschnitt_WCS_Reduziert_1x4k_Mosaik
The interdisciplinary project RFB02 "Immersive City Scripts: Inscriptions and the Construction of Social Spaces in Miletus (Asia Minor)" investigates how inscriptions structured public spaces in the ancient city Miletus and Didyma. Part of the project is an immersive virtual reality application of the Milesian theatre, where you can explore and experience the inscriptions with the help of reconstructions, different light settings and agents in the virtual space. The project belongs to the Research Field B “Inscribing Spaces” of the first phase (2019-2025) of the Cluster of Excellence “Understanding Written Artefacts”.
RFB02: Immersive City Scripts: Inscriptions and the Construction of Social Spaces in Miletus (Asia Minor)
Project website department of Archaeology
Project website department of Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction
Project Website of the Miletus excavation
The research for this project set was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research was conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at University of Hamburg.
