A museum technician uses an app at the Olympic Museum in Athens, Greece. The installation is part of a digital restoration project by Microsoft and the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport at Ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games. — Photos: AP
OLYMPIA, Greece: What would it be like to walk around the ancient religious sanctuary of Olympia when the Olympic Games were held?
An unusual partnership between Microsoft and Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sport is offering visitors the answer, launching an immersive tour Wednesday at one of the world’s major archaeological sites.
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A museum technician uses an app at the Olympic Museum in Athens, Greece. The installation is part of a digital restoration project by Microsoft and the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport at Ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games. — Photos: AP
Museum supervisor Xenia Vlahou uses mixed-reality HoloLens headset as she stands in front of a scale model of Ancient Olympia at the Olympic Museum in Athens, Greece. — AP
Museum supervisor Xenia Vlahou watches a video projection of Ancient Olympia temple at the Olympic Museum in Athens, Greece. — AP
A museum technician uses an app at the Olympic Museum in Athens, Greece. — AP
A man uses a mixed-reality HoloLens headset at the Olympic Museum in Athens, Greece.
A museum technician, left, uses a computer at the Olympic Museum in Athens, Greece.
The image of an ancient temple is reflected on a mixed-reality HoloLens headset worn by abmuseum technician as a projection of Ancient Olympia is seen in the background at the Olympic Museum in Athens, Greece.
School students use a mobile app at the ancient site of Olympia, southwestern Greece. Microsoft launched a digital restoration project at the ancient birthplace of the Olympic Games in southern Greece Wednesday to provide visitors an immersive recreation of temples and competition areas as they walk through the ruins.
School students use a mobile app at the ancient site of Olympia, southwestern Greece.
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center, and school students use a mobile app at the ancient site of Olympia, southwestern Greece.
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, and school students use a mobile app at the ancient site of Olympia, southwestern Greece.
A school student scans a QR code at the ancient site of Olympia, southwestern Greece.
School students use a mobile app at the ancient site of Olympia, southwestern Greece.
School students use a mobile app at the ancient site of Olympia, southwestern Greece.
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