Basilica of Maxentius

Through a collaborative effort between UCLA’s CVRLab and the University of Lecce, a first phase of the model was released in 2003. New work on the existing Basilica of Maxentius model was begun in the fall of 2004. The initial departure for the modeling team at ETC was to translate the 3D Model into the appropriate software; which resulted in poor geometry and internal hierarchy structure. With the existing framework then organized and cleaned up, more detailed pieces were built and brought into the model as more tailored texture maps were applied, based on research by the UCLA ETC modeling team. Following a review by the Scientific Committee in July, further details were improved and incorporated into the 3D model. Upon critique and review from a second meeting in September 2005, the Basilica of Maxentius was approved by the Scientific Committee, contingent upon the implementation of discussed and noted changes. Since October 2005, there has been continued correspondence and guidance provided by Scientific Committee member, Carla Amici, who has significant knowledge, and background with the Basilica of Maxentius and was involved with the initial model provided to ETC. In January of 2006, all of the corrections were made to the Basilica of Maxentius.