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This Projection Map of Stalingrad Is Insanely Detailed and Convincing

You feel like you could touch it.

Projection and projection mapping, the process of digitally transforming an image to be projected onto an irregularly shaped display surface, is so hot right now, it's almost impossible to walk past a DIY-space or art school dance party without seeing glitched out VHS tapes being thrown onto a bedsheet. As projection mapping software becomes easier to use on a small scale, it's only going to grow in popularity as the barriers to entry decrease.

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When done on a large scale, though, the results can be very impressive. Russian VFX and installation artists in[visible] studio have partnered with the Volgograd State Panoramic Museum to create a permanent installation that uses 3D modelling and projection mapping to bring an 18 year old scale model of the ruins of Stalingrad to life.

Planes strafe overhead as explosions rip through the burning ruins of the miniature city, all animated in scale in front of the viewer.

No layout drawings of the model survived, so in[visible] had to manually model every building and topographical feature in order to accurately project animations that illustrate the events of one of the bloodiest battles in human history.

The result is an installation that demonstrates the possibilities projection mapping presents for education may be as huge as what it may mean for sport.