Microsoft India to use technology to preserve Indian Heritage.

In a collaborative effort, the Centre's Department of Science and Technology and Microsoft Research India (MSR), along with few academic institutions, are working on India Digital Heritage Project.The project seeks to advance research in technologies to present, preserve cultural heritage and monuments of India. It aims to explore the synergistic use of multiple forms of media such as photographs, video and voice to create uniquely compelling 2D and 3D user experiences for the general public.

The India Digital Heritage project consist of three major steps which include data collection or archiving which is a community-based effort and creating the necessary technology to enable the storage and processing of the media; research and creation of tools and technologies to identify and address research issues that arise during the course of the project.

J V Godwin

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