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Experiencing 3D: Virtual Reality and Sketchfab

SunoikisisDC Digital Approaches to Cultural Heritage: Session 7

Date: Thursday February 29, 2024. 16:00-17:30 GMT.

Convenors: Gabriel Bodard (University of London), Florence Felsheim (University of St Andrews)

Youtube link: CANCELLED

Slides:

Outline

This session introduces the concepts of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), alongside web-presentation of 3D models, as the main methods of disseminating and experiencing 3D representations of cultural heritage and historical materials.We discuss some technical definitions and hardware, issues around VR as a research and publication tool, and ethical questions in the use of VR in cultural heritage. We end with a brief tutorial around the 3D publication site SketchFab, and suggested practical exercise for students to think through the questions we raise in this session.

Required readings

Further readings

Collar, Anna and Eve, Stuart James. 2021. "Fire for Zeus: using Virtual Reality to explore meaning and experience at Mount Kasios." World Archaeology 52.3, 521-538. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2021.1920458
Jeremy Huggett. 2020. "Virtually Real or Really Virtual: Towards a Heritage Metaverse." Studies in Digital Heritage 4(1), 1–15. Available: https://doi.org/10.14434/sdh.v4i1.26218
Akrivi Katifori, Maria Roussou, Sara Perry, George Drettakis, Sebastian Vizcay, and Julien Philip. 2018. "The EMOTIVE Project-Emotive Virtual Cultural Experiences through Personalized Storytelling." In Cira@ euromed, pp. 11-20. Available: http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/Publications/2018/%20RPCMPDV18/paper2.pdf
Hannah Scates Kettler. 2021. “Linked Open Data for 3D Models and Environments.” in Linked Open Data for the Ancient Mediterranean: Structures, Practices, Prospects (edd. Bond, Dilley, Horne). ISAW Papers 20. Available: http://dlib.nyu.edu/awdl/isaw/isaw-papers/20-5/
Xiaocheng Ma. 2021. "VR and Cultural Heritage Recreation." Arts Management & Technology Laboratory 2021-10-26. Available: https://amt-lab.org/blog/2021/10/vr-and-cultural-heritage-recreation
Dinusha Mendis, Davide Secchi & Phil Reeves. 2015. A Legal and Empirical Study into the Intellectual Property Implications of 3D Printing: Executive Summary. Project Report. London: Intellectual Property Office. Available: http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21874/
Colleen Morgan. 2016. "The Lessons of Pokémon Go for Heritage." Available: https://colleen-morgan.com/2016/07/22/pokemon-go/
Isabel Pedersen, Nathan Gale, Pejman Mirza-Babaei & Samantha Reid. 2017. “More than meets the eye: The benefits of augmented reality and holographic displays for digital cultural heritage.” Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 10.2. Available: https://uxrlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/papers/2017-cultural-ar-jcch.pdf
Reinhard, Andrew Douglas. 2019. Archaeology of Digital Environments: Tools, Methods, and Approaches. PhD thesis, University of York. (Esp. ch. 1 "Introduction"; ch. 2 "Video Games.") Available: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/26499/
Giorgio Verdiani. 2015. "Bringing Impossible Places to the Public: Three Ideas for Rupestrian Churches in Goreme, Kapadokya Utilizing a Digital Survey, 3D Printing, and Augmented Reality." Open Archaeology 1.1. Available: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opar-2015-0007/pdf