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>> THANK YOU.
>> GERRY BACK TO YOU.
>>>TRAVELING BACK IN TIME HAS
TAKEN A GIANT LEAP FORWARD

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THANKS TO AN IU PROFESSOR'S NEW
HIGH-TECH APP.
CHECK THIS OUT.
THIS IS ROME...AS IT LOOKED IN

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ANCIENT TIMES.
VIRTUAL REALITY BEING PUT TO
WORK TO TAKE USERS BACK TO VISIT
RUINS FROM AROUND THE

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WORLD TO SEE WHAT THEY ACTUALLY
LOOKED LIKE THOUSANDS OF YEARS
AGO.
I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME TO THE

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SHOW, BERNARD FRISCHER.
AND BERNIE, PROFESSOR OF
INFORMATICS AT INDIANA
UNIVERSITY WELCOME TO THE

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PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.
>> FASCINATING TECHNOLOGY AND
WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

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YOU'VE FORMED A COMPANY AND
YOU'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT DOING
THIS KIND OF THING FOR PEOPLE
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND

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ACTUALLY YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS
CONCEPT WAY BACK IN THE '70s.
>> I DID.
I WAS A NEWLY ARRIVED FELLOW OF

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THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME IN
1974 AND THE FELLOWS OUR TAKING
ON WALKS AND TALKS TO DIFFERENT
MONUMENTS OF ROME AND THE FIRST

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PLACE THE PROFESSOR TOOK US TO
WAS THE PHYSICAL MODEL IN PARIS
OF THE WHOLE CITY OF ANCIENT
ROME 60 FEET ACROSS AND A SCALE

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OF ONE I COULD TO 50.
IT TOOK 40 YEARS TO MAKE AND WAS
JUST FINISHED IN 1973 THE YEAR
BEFORE I ARRIVED AND I THOUGHT

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COMING WITH A BACKGROUND IN
PHOTOGRAPHY AND WITH A PH.D IN
CLASSICAL STUDIES IN ARCHAEOLOGY
I THOUGHT THERE HAS TO BE SOME

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TECHNICAL WAY TO GET THIS
MARVELOUS MONUMENT OUT OF THIS
OBSCURE MUSEUM, WHICH BY THE
WAY, THEY CLOSED FOR THE LAST

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FIVE YEARS OR SO, AND INTO THE
HANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
LIVING ROOMS AND SCHOOLROOMS AND
SO WHAT CAME TO BE CALLED ROME

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REBORN WAS OFF AND RUNNING IN
1974.
>> YOU STARTED USING VIDEO, BUT
THAT HAS TRANSFORMED WITH

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TECHNOLOGY INTO THE DIGITAL
REALM.
YOU'VE JUST RELEASED A MONTH AGO
OR SO BALL BACK REBORN.

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THE HISTORIC LEBANESE CITY.
TALK ABOUT THE APP.
TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS ALL
ABOUT.

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>> WE GIVE IT AWAY FREE.
OUR COMPANY, WHICH I STARTED IN
2018 TO COMMERCIALIZE THIS WORK
I STARTED DOING IN UNIVERSITY

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LABS IS ALWAYS HAPPY TO CREATE
FREE VIRTUAL TOURS TO GREAT
WORLD HERITAGE SITES AROUND THE
WORLD IF A PHILANTHROPIST WILL

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STEP FORWARD AND PAY EXPENSES
UPFRONT WE WILL CREATE IT AND
GIVEN IT AWAY FOR FREE.
WE'VE GIVEN AWAY 25,000 COPIES

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OF THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE OF
THE COUNTRY OF LEBANON.
IT'S EXISTED SINCE THE OLYMPIC,
SO FOR OVER 10,000 YEARS BUT THE

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PEAK OF IT EVERYBODY AGREES AND
THE STANDING RUINS YOU SEE WHEN
YOU GO THERE DATE TO THE ROMAN
PERIOD.

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THE PHILANTHROPIST WHO FUNDED
THIS A RETIRED KUWAITI BANKER
WHO FUNDED IT IN MEMORY OF HIS
PARENTS THEY TOOK HIM THERE WHEN

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HE WAS A BOY AND HE FELL IN LOVE
WITH IT AND HE WANTED TO SEE
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN
ANTIQUITY AND YOU HAVE SOME OF

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THE RUINS OF THE BIGGEST TEMPLES
BUT THEY ARE RUINS AND WE PUT
THE FLASHBACK ON THE BONES AND
SHOW YOU THE WAY IT LOOKS TODAY

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AND WE DID THAT WITH THE HELP OF
THE GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL
INSTITUTE THAT'S BEEN EXCAVATING
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE

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ALWAYS WORK WITH WORLD EXPERTS.
>> 30 SECONDS LEFT, BUT WHAT IS
NEXT.
THIS TECHNOLOGY BRINGING HISTORY

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TO LIFE AND WHAT IS NEXT?
>> WE'VE DONE ROME REBORN AND WE
ARE WORKING NOW IN EGYPT REBORN
AND MEXICO REBORN IN ATHENS

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REBORN.
THEY WILL BE OUT BY THE END OF
THE YEAR.
AND NOW WE ARE MOVING INTO THE

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NEW FIELD OF NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS
AND TALKING TO THE BIGGEST
AUCTION HOUSE IN THE WORLD THAT
HAS HAD THE GREATEST RESULTS

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WITH AUCTIONS OF AN FTE'S AND WE
HAVE A LOT OF AN FTE'S IN OUR
ARCHIVES THAT CAN BE MONETIZED
IT'S A BIG THING.

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>> A FLYOVER ZONE AND THAT'S THE
FREE APP.
A WHOLE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD FOR 80 FEET.

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FASCINATING TECHNOLOGY AND
REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND