The Titanic's twin: Digitally exploring the famous shipwreck

Описание: The world's most famous shipwreck, the RMS Titanic, sits around 3800 metres below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and is currently a protected site as a result of an agreement between the UK and US. Its remote location makes the wreck difficult and expensive to study. Now, a team from deep-sea mapping company Magellan has created a "digital twin" of the ship, available to explore digitally by both researchers and the public.

‪@Magellan-gg‬ created the replica using scans and over 700,000 images, and it has uploaded a lower-fidelity version to vROVpilot, publicly available software that allows users to venture around the doomed liner. The digital recreation is so detailed that an identifiable ID number can be read on the propeller, and a necklace containing a megalodon tooth was spotted in the images. It is hoped that many new discoveries will be uncovered thanks to this technology.

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