This promotional, educational and scientific partnership between NHK and UNESCO, as well as other partners that are expected to join the Initiative, will build on state-of-the-art digital visual and sound processing technologies for the production of quality 3-D moving images and reconstruction images related to heritage. Furthermore, a data-base system will allow such images to be utilized for various projects, such as DVD and other audio-visual package operations, public exhibitions, new types of exhibition using virtual reality systems, and production of quality replicas for exhibition and academic uses.