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Literature Review
Literature Review
Virtual Wolverhampton: Recreating the Historic City in Virtual Reality
- Recreation of historic sites
- Data collection in 3D imaging
The View from Everywhere: CyArk uses cutting edge technology to preserve historic sites in virtual reality
- Preservation of sites that may be lost
- Accessible to varied audiences
- Use of CyArk, laser imaging technology
Beyond Theme Parks and Digitized Data: What Can Cultural Heritage Technologies Contribute to the Public Understanding of the Past?
- Multiple avenues to the past, but should they lead to the same place?
- Requires input from affiliated communities--not purely “scientific” practice
CyArk's Model
CyArk's Model
Case Studies
Case Studies
“And the hope is that VR will become an equal tool in our holistic story-telling […] that VR brings to the table that we can’t do with any other forms at this point in time.
[...] This ability to convey a true first person view, this idea of empathy machines, really being able to place people in a different person’s point of view. And one of the most haunting examples that I’ve come across is this app by the Guardian and Amnesty International [...] it places users inside a solitary confinement cell to evoke that feeling of being locked up inside there."
“For us, it’s about audience engagement,” she said. “We don’t want to be doing it for VR’s sake. What we want to do is use VR where it can lend that extra context.”
“VR has value for us as an interpretation tool,” said Hilary Knight, head of digital content at Tate. “It’s a way of conveying feeling, helping people feel a connection with an artist. It’s a different way of absorbing that information, and it makes the artist a living person.”
"The Smithsonian American Art Museum is hoping to go one step further. It teamed up with Intel to develop an experience that takes advantage of room-scale VR's immersiveness to let anyone visit its exhibits from anywhere. While it's only a basic demo at the moment, with just a few rooms and three interactive showpieces, it's an example of how museums can use virtual reality to transform their relationship with the public."
"Robben Island, the unique symbol of “the triumph of the human spirit over adversity, suffering and injustice” with a rich 500 year old multi-layered history, is visited every year by thousands of people eager to understand and honour the important aspects of South Africa’s history that the Island represents."
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