Inside the Altamira cave
You have appreciated the orange and reddish colors of the famous bison in photographs, you have studied rock art at school and you may have seen the film about Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, the discoverer of the Altamira cave, at the cinema.
Well, now when the 140th anniversary of its discovery is celebrated, you will also be able to walk around its interior; but because of its original interior, feeling that you carry a marrow lamp in your hand to light your steps and listening to the echo that your voice makes when you speak.
Do you want to walk through the Altamira cave?
On the occasion of the anniversary, the Altamira Museum, Facebook and Instagram have joined forces and developed an augmented reality filter with which, using our telephone, we can tour the inside of the mythical Polychrome room and wander under its characteristic paintings.
Yes, you will be thinking that it is still seeing the Altamira cave through a screen; but what is more, it is to feel that you are immersed in its interior at a time when, **to guarantee its conservation, very few people can visit it every week. ** In this way, this initiative wants to ensure that more and more people have access to this marvel of primitive art.
The filter, which has been created using images from the museum and seeking the greatest accuracy , allows you to appreciate the relief of the ceiling, the nuances of colors and shadows. The realism of which it has been tried to endow it is such that they have even added the reflections that a flame would generate and if you decide to speak you will hear your own echo.
To access this filter, you will only have to access the Facebook and Instagram accounts of the Altamira Museum and open the camera on your smartphone. This is enough for you to contemplate the interior of the Polychrome room and its famous bison. However, you can opt for selfie mode of your camera and then it will be as if you were also inside.
The celebration of this anniversary also contemplates the creation of a series of informative videos in which experts and guides from the Altamira Museum explain hidden figures, unknown details, the history of the cave or facts about its discovery. These contents will be published on the museum's social networks over the next few days.
Bison in the cave of Altamira