Video Games helping to rebuild Historic Landmarks?

By: Weston Bensman

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View of the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral as the historic spire was collapsing (from: https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/should-notre-dames-spire-be-rebuilt-as-it-was-1.63417201)

Recent events have shown that video games may have other uses besides entertainment. In April 2019 Notre Dame cathedral caught fire and the structure was damaged extensively. Immediately after this disaster people in France and around the world called for a restoration and rebuild, but the difficulty of rebuilding the cathedral as close as possible to the original design was quickly realized. One of the biggest questions was whether the spire should be rebuilt after it collapsed during the fire. This is where Assassin’s Creed Unity can help as the creators of Assassins Creed attempt to be as historically accurate as possible when designing their games including architecture.   

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