The Titanic Gets Digitally Cloned in This New National Geographic Documentary

The first time Parks Stephenson saw a full-scale digital rendering of the Titanic lying on the ocean floor, he felt like he was looking at the ship in a whole new light -- despite having visited the actual wreckage multiple times. "You can only see so much in the deep with your light and the framing of your camera or your viewport," Stephenson, a Titanic analyst and deep-ocean explorer, told me over Zoom. But by looking at a life-size 3D model of the ship displayed on towering LED screens, "I was seeing [Titanic] in its entirety for the first time." That 3D "digital twin" is the subject of National Geographic's aptly named Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, which premieres April 11 and will be available to stream on Disney Plus and Hulu starting April 12. The documentary explores the years-long process of piecing together the model using over 700,000 scanned images of the ship. Now, experts like Stephenson can examine the Titanic and surrounding wreckage up close, without diving to t ... Read full article.