Natalia Grincheva, an honorary research fellow in the Research Unit in Public Cultures (RUPC) at the University of Melbourne and a scholar of digital humanities, has concentrated on developing new data methods for researching museums as core players in the creative...
Users can view pictures of objects set against backdrops illustrating, for instance, the sacred rites that they once presided over, but also violent occupations and sieges that unrooted them from their communities. The British Museum hosts plenty of official tours — a...
Cosmic rays could unearth secrets of Terracotta Army tomb The Terracotta Army, a collection of thousands of sculptures, were built to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in the afterlife HISTORY/UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP/GETTY For more than 2,000 years, the...
Why AR, not VR, will be the heart of the metaverse Image Credit: Selman Keles/Getty This article was contributed by Louis Rosenberg, CEO and chief scientist at Unanimous AI My first experience in a virtual world was in 1991 as a PhD student working in a virtual...
Pompeii, with Vesuvius in the background. Credit:ElfQrin/Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0 A robot fitted with artificial intelligence will be used to restore the stunning frescoes damaged in Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago when Mt. Vesuvius erupted, leaving the ancient...
What is digital museology and why is it so cool to work with digital in museums? #museums #digitalheritage #digitalhumanities Find out more in German Language: https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000131905015/museen-in-einer-digitalen-welt "Museen in einer digitalen...
From virtual versions of ourselves to augmented reality, big brands like Meta (formerly Facebook) and Microsoft are creating technology to develop the metaverse. But what actually is it? The BBC's technology correspondent Marc Cieslak breaks it down....
The Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) is a new EU funding programme focused on bringing digital technology to businesses, citizens and public administrations. How to make Europe greener and more digital are the twin challenges for our generation, and our...
Awards are now OPEN! Invitation to most inspiring architects, craftsmen, cultural heritage experts, professionals, volunteers, public/private institutions & local communities to apply by 1 Feb 2022! Apply - European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards...
Artefacts can now be replicated with microscopic accuracy. Will the British Museum, and our prime minister, see sense? ‘The British Museum argues that its amassing of global artefacts over two centuries of British empire has delighted and educated tourists to London.’...
Soundscape archaeologist Mylène Pardoën is reproducing the sounds that were heard inside and outside the Paris cathedral from its construction in the 13th Century until the 2019 fire. Hushed voices echo under the vaults and children play near the esplanade. Hooves...
A Eureka Moment, Recreated in Film The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is using modern technology to stir appreciation for ancient artistry — including an Athenian potter’s transformative “discovery” of red. A still from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s first animated...
13-20 FEBRUARY 2022 | LIMASSOL, CYPRUS CONCEPT: Indigenous cultural heritage is the legacy of tangible physical objects combining the intangible aspects of a group of society. Objects, artefacts, buildings, places and monuments aside, intangible cultural heritage,...
This report is section of our latest Fantastic Arts & Exhibits unique report, about how art establishments are aiding audiences explore new choices for the long run. Twenty-5-hundred yrs ago in a workshop in Athens, a master potter and his apprentice had been...
Who we are Europeana Communicators is a specialist community of professionals who work in and around communications in the cultural heritage sector, and are passionate about promoting digital cultural heritage in action. We support each other to be the best...
Τhe study on the British Medical Journal’s Open website shows that relationships between engagement in community cultural assets – such as visiting a museum or heritage site – and wellbeing are stronger in deprived areas....
This one-day workshop organised by the ESA Downstream Gateway covered how the space sector combined with cutting edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning can help protect the world’s cultural heritage. Space for Cultural Heritage Workshop...
ICOM President Alberto Garlandini is speaking at the Unesco 2nd high-level forum on museums: “Facing Post-Pandemic Challenges through Innovation and Inclusiveness”. (2) Second UNESCO High Level Forum on Museums - YouTube
Wikimedia and ICOM have joined forces to mobilise the Wiki community and Internet users to protect Afghan cultural heritage at risk of looting and illicit traffic. Following the humanitarian and political crisis of August 2021, the international community has watched...
In July, British museum organizations Imperial War Museums (IWM) and the Science Museum Group (SMG) announced a partnership with Thai deep-tech company, Perception. The team-up would allow Perception to access IWM and SMG collections, and render them into 3D holograms...
Some of the works illustrated in the book haven't been exhibited in over 80 years. Sarah Cascone, August 5, 2021 Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings by Luis-Martín Lozano, Andrea Kettenmann, and Marina Vázquez Ramos. The cover painting is Kahlo's Self-portrait...
A year after the pandemic started, UNESCO launched a survey to measure the impact of Covid-19 on World Heritage Sites. Respondents think the impact may last for years to come. Around 90% of countries closed down their World Heritage Sites during the height of the...
Monks at the St. Catherine’s Monastery in South Sinai, Egypt, have discovered what is being called the oldest-to-date medical recipes from Hippocrates, who is universally referred to as the “father of Western medicine.” The discovery of the 6th century AD manuscript,...
TUCKED AWAY in a seemingly forgotten corner of the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, Daniel Mansfield found what may solve one of ancient math’s biggest questions. First exhumed in 1894 from what is now Baghdad, the circular tablet — broken at the center with small...
UNESCO World Heritage List criteria 1/16 UNESCO World Heritage Sites 2020/2021: UNESCO has announced some of the new additions to its list of World Heritage Sites. Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China, pictured here, is one of the...
Tracing the development of tourism from the 17th century to the present-day. Published June 16, 2020 by Carmen Périz Rodríguez (opens in new window)(Hispana / Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports) People have always had a need to travel, be it to explore and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPx33yNAWCA Another example of #DigitalTransformation #3D #Digitisation #Mapping the #Seabed -greatest part of the world and #Preserve part of your #Identity https://youtube.com/watch?v=fPx33yNAWCA… #EU_STUDY_3D_CH #CulturalHeritage...
Who wouldn’t want to travel back in time 400 years and experience the sights and sounds of Elizabethan Plymouth? Everyone, right? But the smells? Well, you might need a strong stomach but now you can do just that thanks to a collaboration between British and American...
We know less about the planet's seabed than we do about the surface of the Moon or Mars. By the end of the decade, scientists are hoping to create a detailed map of these unexplored, submerged territories. They’ve already uncovered some spectacular features. #Oceans...
Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Along with the Great Pyramid at Giza and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, they rank as the most stupendous achievements ever created in...
At a time when museums, cinemas, theatres, all start to reopen, we reiterate our support for the arts. €2.4 billion in EU funding will help our cultural and creative sectors bounce back from the crisis – more competitive, inclusive & digital than before!...
Newsletter May 2021 Erbil Citadel (Iraq); Author: WCA Productions © Golden Eagle Global Check out the May issue of @UNESCO #WorldHeritage Cities Programme’s Urban Notebooks! Learn about the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Heritage Urban Landscape Recommendation...
In April 7, 2021 – homeAR, a provider of a virtual home viewing and walkthrough software platform, has recently announced that it has been able to raise NZD $750,000 of a mix of international and local private equity in order to fund product development, as well as...
Turn videos into 3D animation with AI motion capture. Full-body motion from any video, no suits or hardware. Open up the possibilities - Sign up for a free account with monthly recurring minutes & unlimited downloads. #animation #gamedev #indiedev #vr #ar ...
Ancient art generally refers to those ‘advanced’ civilizations, who had written language, and between c. 5000 BC – 300 AD, thrived in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Mexico, Rome, Japan, China, and India. Art played an important role in these growing societies by...
Egyptians have been witnessing a historic procession of their country's ancient rulers through the capital, Cairo. The lavish, multimillion-dollar spectacle saw 22 mummies - 18 kings and four queens - transported from the peach-coloured, neo-classical Egyptian Museum...
International Erasmus+ project “ARTEST: Enhancing education programmes in Arts and Humanities via European STEM methods and tools” invites students, teaching staff and employees of the consortium* to participate in the contest on the project’s logo development. ...
Animating inequality between men and women in all areas of society. Published March 28, 2021 by Aleksandra Strzelichowska (Europeana Foundation) Women are generally paid less than men: the gender pay gap is this difference in pay, but also the gender gap speaks to...
Virtual and Smart Cultural Tourism Consultation Process The aim of this survey is to gather stakeholder input for designing and implementation interregional structures and support mechanisms for successful innovations, scale-ups and commercialization of business cases...
Take a look at French artist JR's new installation on the facade of Strozzi Palace in Florence, Italy https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1373273119486513152
This questionnaire takes place in the framework of the EU H2020 ERA Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage MNEMOSYNE, coordinated by the Digital Heritage Research Lab, at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT). The project is centred on holistic documentation of the...
CAA2021, to be held 14-18 June, is going digital. We are sad that we won’t be able to be together in-person in sunny and lovely Cyprus, but based on the continuing challenges posed by the global Covid pandemic, a virtual meeting is the most responsible way for our...
Universities 2030: From vision to reality The 2021 EUA Annual Conference “Universities 2030: From vision to reality” will take place online on 22-23 April. Against the backdrop of the ongoing climate crisis, fundamental technological advances, labour market changes...
Organised by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Digital Past is an annual two-day conference which showcases innovative digital technologies and techniques for data capture, interpretation and dissemination of the heritage of Wales,...
Youth engagement in UNESCO designated sites is a workshop, in on-line modality, dedicated to the topic of youth engagement in UNESCO designated sites. The workshop will take place from 1-3 March 2021. The workshop is programmed based on the UNESCO objectives of...
The Europeana Common Culture (ECC) project has contributed significantly to the development of a well-functioning and sustainable aggregation infrastructure in Europe, as well as helped to improve data quality and encouraged engagement with cultural heritage through...
January 27, 2021 @ 11:20 am – 11:50 pm CET eArchiving in action is a three-day event hosted by the CEF eArchiving Building Block; three days of presentations, interviews, use cases and panel discussions will celebrate how eArchiving is helping data producers, archives...
The unique study on 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage survey has been completed, with results from 420 experts from 63 countries worldwide. Below there are some previews about distribution, expertise and affiliations. More results soon! Background The...
The integration of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in Horizon 2020 is an important feature of the programme. To monitor the development of this cross-cutting issue is an EU commitment. Various dimensions are examined, such as the budget going to SSH partners...
SMART CITY TOURISM: DEMOCRATIZING MONUMENT STORIES What is smart tourism? Let us first experience a facet of smart tourism ourselves. Pull out your smart phone, scan this QR code, and let your phone play the Grand Taj Mahal Walking Tour. The Google map shows the Taj...
In this informative animation we learn how the iconic Charles Bridge was constructed in 1357. The historic bridge crosses the Vltava (Moldau) river in Prague, Czech Republic and is 516 metres (1,693 ft) long and nearly 10 metres (33 ft) wide. It was built as a bow...
Tue, 15 December 2020 | 14:00 – 15:00 EET The webinar will cover the state of the art in Digital Cultural Heritage crowdsourcing. The workshop will introduce the results of a current study of DCH crowdsourcing carried out by museums and other cultural institutions...
This is a kind reminder to complete this expert survey questionnaire https://lnkd.in/d7KgXE8 in the framework of the EU study on quality in 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage, (VIGIE 2020/654) which is the first initiative of this kind from the EU and it is...
As Saudi Arabia prepares to host the G20 summit, the kingdom's culture minister argues that culture should be part of the agenda Coronavirus (Covid-19) has shone a spotlight on the need for policymakers to bring the cultural economy—a thriving sector of the...
We are excited to launch an upcoming series of webinars to support professionals in using the Europeana Impact playbook, supporting you to better plan, measure and understand the impact that digital cultural heritage creates. “We believe that we are all better off if...
Invitation to contribute to the EuroMed 2020 Conference Date: 2. – 5 November 2020 Venue: Online Deadline for submission of papers: 15 September 2020 Conference registration opens on: 16 October 2020 The 8th biannual European-Mediterranean Conference on Digital...
The future of augmented reality is being built today. Computing is entering the physical world. Steve Jobs once said technology alone is not enough, “ultimately it comes down to taste, it’s a matter of trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done...
London design agency OMSE has created an augmented reality campaign for cultural venue Printworks London that transforms static typography into immersive three-dimensional animations. The new creative campaign was developed by OMSE to promote the launch of Printworks'...
Read the Report on the Prague Platform on ‘Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age’ here. European Expert Network on Culture and Audiovisual (EENCA)
From the Steam site: This virtual museum environment contains 82 models of real world ancient works of art, originating from many ancient cultures of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa. Actual ancient relics that are found on display at the great museums around the...
Excerpt from USA Today Just days later, on Wednesday, the augmented reality team at USA Today managed to add a related interactive 3D experience to its app, displaying the famous structure as it appeared before the conflagration. The news outlet published the...
This book is a collection of articles focused on ray tracing techniques for serious practitioners. Like other "gems" books, it focuses on subjects commonly considered too advanced for introductory texts, yet rarely addressed by research papers. The electronic version...
The Virtual Multimodal Museum Coordination and Support Action (CSA), funded under the EU Horizon 2020 programme has been honored by selecting it to be a success story representing within the topic of " Cooperation on Advancing Digitisation of Cultural Heritage" at the...
Immerse yourself in the ocean and your national marine sanctuaries without getting wet! These virtual reality voyages use 360-degree images to highlight the amazing habitats, animals, and cultural resources you can find in each national marine sanctuary.
By Lauren Wanko At the Hoboken Historical Museum, postcards illustrate Hudson County’s history. “This is one of our first forays into expanding our mission to include all of Hudson County,” said Robert Foster, executive director of the Hoboken Historical...
By Erika Engel Two new films premiering next month will give viewers a virtual reality experience at two historic sites in Craigleith. There’s a new, fully-submerged and immersive way to tour the wreck of the Mary Ward at the bottom of Georgian Bay without getting...
The monuments, such as Parthenon, or Notre Dame, are preserved as far as we preserve the information, the knowledge, the feeling, and the cultural bond of the community of citizens who created them. Digital technologies, documentation, digitization, narration, conceptualisation is a key element in this purpose.
More lifelike avatars and a new avatar editor arrive on Oculus Rift & Go headsets.
Immersive storytelling will have you looking at environmental issues in an impactful new way. 2019 will be an important year for Earth Day. Climate change, ocean pollution, and animal extinction are rising at a rapid pace. Planet Earth is in big trouble, and it needs...
An experimental new VR film experience entitled CAVE will debut later this month during the Tribeca Film Festival, immersing an entire audience into a captivating virtual experience.
Qatar daily The Peninsula reported that following the successful opening of the innovative National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ), Qatar Museums (QM) is planning to incorporate more technology in its upcoming exhibitions to make them more interactive, said an...
Augmented Reality technology is the best way to improve the tactics in receiving and delivering of information. Augmented Reality generates new revenue streams or improves tedious solutions in the context of the Media and Publishing. This technology addresses...
360˚ Virtual Tour offers the potential that can engage visitors better. This has become a better option for users in making decisions about business, travel, and entertainment.
Empuries, Neapolis, Costa Brava, Grecoroman city with story telling and 3D reconstruction of Roman Home, virtual semi immersive experience in the archaeological site, within an ancient underground space.
Palaeontologists have been urged to share 3D scans of fossils online, but a Nature analysis finds that few researchers do so.A decade ago, palaeontologist Jack Tseng set out on a treasure hunt. Not the typical boots and pick-axe affair you might imagine, but one that...
VR is having an impact across many sectors, this article unpacks these and gives you 7 key used of VR
Image Source: Tumisu on Pixabay Virtual Reality is a powerful and intimate technology. Because of this, considerations must be made by developers to mitigate any abuse or bullying inside VR platforms. In a VR world, the experience of embodying your avatar is much more...
Impact of changing perspective in domestic violence through VR The role of empathy and perspective-taking in preventing aggressive behaviors has been highlighted in several theoretical models. In this study, we used immersive virtual reality to induce a full body...
The mobile app industry is brewing at a speed faster than ever before. As a result, every business is coming up with its own customized app to retain mobile customers. Irrespective of the size and type, apps are running efficiently with suitable performance, according to the users need.
Image credits: © European Union/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie (CC BY-ND 2.0) Not my future? If egocentric people care little about the long-term consequences of global warming, it's because their brains don't represent the distant future, according to the results of an...
WHAT ARE THE BEST AR SMARTGLASSES? Augmented reality is believed to have the biggest potential for mass consumption. AR has the backing of investment of huge tech giants, who are investing not only in the hardware but also working with developers to create...
The use of virtual reality as a training purpose is getting renounced in every sector.
Algorithm Endel 'signed' a major label contract. Is Artificial Intelligence the future of music? The app Endel, developed by a Berlin based team of artists, developers and scientists, creates automatically music that fits our mood, but unlike its human counterparts it...
By Sarah CasconeAs institutions in the Netherlands ramp up celebrations to mark the 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), the Mauritshuis in The Hague has released a new augmented reality app that lets viewers step inside one of the...
By Jane L. LevereWalk through the doors of the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City these days and it’s possible to travel back more than 100 years.Visitors can walk up to the original front doors no longer easily visible from outside the museum on East 36th...
By Niall Patrick WalshThe Zaha Hadid Virtual Reality Group has concluded the design phase of Project Correl, a collaborative experiment to test the potential of virtual reality as a tool for design. The results of the experiment are currently on display in the...
AR/VR solutions are helpful in terms of customer prospect.Industries from finance & retail to travel & fashion are using these advance technologies in the current market.Thus, AR/VR is helping the businesses to broadcast their brands and services.
By Lizzie CrookThe Bartlett School of Architecture has created a virtual reality tour of the Lin'an History Museum, designed by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu's studio, which is yet to open to the public.The Bartlett's virtual reality (VR) film allows viewers to explore the...
By John PlummerThe Royal Air Force Museum has used virtual reality technology to enable visitors to experience being on board a Lancaster bomber during the Dambusters raid of 1943.The museum worked with the creative technology company All Seeing Eye to create the...
By Adele PetersIn a parking lot southwest of Atlanta, a new museum brings visitors into conversation with the systemic issues of homelessness—a growing concern in the U.S., and one that’s not often understood. “We wanted to create a space where the voices of...
Image credit: Monika Ritterhaus, tanzhaus nrw Here comes another example of humanoid robotics: Alter 3. Jointly developed by laboratories studying artificial life at Osaka University and the University of Tokyo, Alter is powered by a neural network. Uniquely, the...
Image credits: Seer, Emotions © Takayuki Todo Live, love, party, and work with robots from March 15 to March 17, 2019, the META MARATHON 2019 was dedicated to the subject of robotics. Not only could visitors participate in workshops, talks, and performances, they...
The Chronos Group known for the release of new Web, Mobile and Desktop 3D Standards has released a new Standard for AR/VR, the Open XR Standard. From the Chronos Website: “OpenXR seeks to simplify AR/VR software development, enabling applications to reach a wider...
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Everyone knows the mega-predator, tyrannosaurus rex, but do you know how they lived? or that t. rex hatchlings were fluffy, and more like turkeys than the killing machines they grew up to be? or that they had the rare ability to pulverize and digest bones? Opening on...
Image credits: Yuichi Shiraishi - https://flic.kr/p/pEZoi The result is a virtual concert in two parts: an immersive recording of Meredith's composition performed by the BBC Orchestra on the first night of the Proms, and a short, deeply moving first-person experience...
VR as impressive it may be will remain a limited market niche, as long as it is limited to a single human-machine relation. Collaborative and interactive relations between humans sharing the same VR environment is a a requirement that has so far only been solved...
AR brings an educational twist to conventional storytelling.
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