Persepolis Reimagined
- Client
- Getty
- Year
- 2022
- Stack
- Vue 2, GSAP, WebGL
[0] The project
Bring the ancient Persian city of Persepolis back to life in a virtual tour of its grand palaces, towering status and peerless artworks.
[0][0] Challenge
An online interactive website that invites global digital audiences to explore and discover Persepolis in reach detail.
[0][1] Approach
Combining 3D Modeling, WebGL, storytelling and interactive elements to digitally create the ancient city as close to reality as possible
[0][2] Result
An immersive and educational experience highly acclaimed and praised by educators, historians, and the general public alike. So much that even my mother was impressed!
Entering Persepolis Reimagined
Gate of All Nations
Apadana reliefs
[1] Awarded by
- FWA
- FWA Of The Day
- FWA
- March FWA Of The Month
- 2022
- Awwwards
Bull capital and lion griffin transition
[2] The Experience
Touring around the palaces
Allowing the user to navigate through the palace and explore what each place has to offer.
Apadana interior
Persian guard zoom
Palace of Xerxes
[2] Built for this project
Components
A selection of the elements I brought to life along the way.
Loading animation
A visually appealing SVG-based loading.
Present-day reveal
A SVG and CSS Mask transition from the digital ancient city to present-day.
Side navigation
A way of quickly navigating across the several spots the palaces had to offer.
[3] Credits
The Team
The people I had the pleasure of closely working with to bring this project to life.
- Art Director
- Artur Dias
- Designer
- Mischa Loppies
- Motion Designer
- Joris van Raaij
- Frontend Developer
- René Drieënhuizen
- Frontend Developer
- Hendrik-Jan de Harder
- Frontend Developer
- Thomas van de Meer
- WebGL Developer
- Reinder Nijhoff
- WebGL Developer
- Johan Holwerda
- Project Director
- Dennis de Rooij
- Project Manager
- Lennart ter Haar