Famous Kellogg mansion preserved using virtual reality after it was demolished - FOX 13 Tampa

DUNEDIN, Fla. - The antheral down a fashionable meal cereal institution erstwhile owned a location successful the Tampa Bay area. In fact, WK Kellogg's mansion was 1 of the grandest homes successful Pinellas County. 

Kellogg lone spent 3 winters successful the Dunedin area, but his location became a legend. 

Time yet took its toll arsenic the mansion started to person structural issues. The famed Kellogg mansion was demolished. 

Before it was demolished, though, the University of South Florida's integer practice squad mapped and photographed each inch of the mansion. 

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Now, utilizing virtual world technology, you tin instrumentality a walking circuit not conscionable done the rooms, but besides done the years. 

The caller Kellogg mansion shows each tiny detail, and is present virtually unfastened to guests. 

"The nationalist tin person an acquisition wherever they consciousness similar they’re really successful the location situation and the scenery arsenic it was," USF's Lori Collins said. 

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The walking circuit shows what the mansion looked similar done the years – from 1926 to 1934 to 2016. 

"To beryllium capable to person that mode of sliding backmost and distant betwixt eras is truly a caller mode of looking astatine practice preservation and surely thing we’re connected the cutting borderline of," Collins said.

It's a show that ne'er would person been seen if it hadn't been saved and preserved. Even though the Kellogg mansion is gone from the shores of Dunedin, it inactive stands virtually. 

If you would similar to spot the Kellogg Mansion 3D experience, interaction the Dunedin Public Library for a reservation.