Dubrovnik's Old Town at golden hour, rendered from the photogrammetry model: the western City Walls and Minčeta Tower above the red roofs, with the old port beyond.

Dubrovnik VR tour

A 360° flight over Dubrovnik's Old Town

A 360° VR video that flies over Dubrovnik's Old Town and City Walls, rendered from a photogrammetry model we rebuilt by hand.

The City Walls on their sea cliffs at sunset, from the film flown low over the water.

A museum in Dubrovnik wanted visitors to see the Old Town the way a drone would: over the rooftops, along the City Walls, out to the harbour and the fortresses.

We made it as a 360° video for VR: a slow flight over the city that visitors watch with a headset, free to look in any direction.

The photogrammetry model of Dubrovnik from high above the sea at golden hour: the Old Town’s roofs and streets inside the City Walls, with the old port to the right

Rebuilding the city

The model started as photogrammetry. Raw photogrammetry of a whole town is noisy: melted roofs, holes, walls that blur into each other.

A frame from the flight: the Old Town's rooftops from low above, rebuilt from photogrammetry.

Most of the project went into heavy editing by hand, cleaning up geometry and rebuilding roofs, walls and details the scan got wrong, until the city held up at close range.

The model from above the Pile Gate: the Franciscan bell tower and the Stradun running east between the roofs towards the old port

We worked in Rhino and Cinema 4D, and rendered the flight in Unreal Engine.

Over the walls

The flight follows the City Walls around the Old Town.

The southern City Walls on their sea cliffs, lit by a low evening sun, rendered from the photogrammetry model

From there it heads out past the harbour to the fortresses.

Fort Lovrijenac on its rock above the sea, against the setting sun, rendered from the photogrammetry model
Built with
  • Unreal Engine
  • Rhinoceros 3D
  • Cinema 4D
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