We have just passed the two year anniversary of the Microsoft HoloLens, which shipped as a developer edition in March 2016.

When creators tread the line between empathy and trauma carefully, immersive technology can be a powerful tool for educating the public about history

Bolshoi Theatre director Lidia Kharina tells Computerworld UK the data will help the museum provide the capacity, reliability and accessibility of its archival needs.The Bolshoi Theatre Museum has completed a major project to digitise a range of historical documents,...

With U.S. workplace fatalities increasing seven percent last year, according to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report, many companies are looking to virtual reality technology to reverse this trend and improve worker safety. With truck driver deaths accounting...

It’s the next best thing to actually being there. Iolani Palace has debuted a virtual reality visitor experience, the first of its kind for a Hawaii museum.Now visitors can do an online walkthrough of the royal palace that was home to the Kamehameha and Kalakaua...

Augmented reality and puzzle rooms aren’t necessarily the first things that come to mind when thinking about art museums, but a new program being designed for the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) aims to change that. Thanks to the work of University of Minnesota...

As the world starts to get its first taste of augmented reality technology through smartphones and developer headsets, not only do we have whole new virtual worlds to enjoy, but there is a new virtual veneer over the real one that can be exploited. No doubt it will...

The tools of the trade for digital preservation continue to improve thanks to advances in technology and research. As the technology improves, these tools also become smaller and cheaper making them more accessible to the heritage preservation communities around the...

Google has partnered with CyArk, the non-profit studio behind VR app MasterWorks: Journey Through History (2018), to expand CyArk’s mission to 3D laser-scan the world’s historical sites and provide open access to the data. Called the Open Heritage Project, Google and...

Cultural tourism is a big segment of the wider travel and tourism industry. While large online players like TripAdvisor provide a huge amount of information for travellers about museums, landmarks, and historical sites, there is still a need for innovation in the space.

Human computer interactionHuman computer interaction is basically a study of how humans interacts with computer and what needs to be done to make the fundamental interaction of a computer with a human being more successful and use-full.Now a days this topic has become...

PARIS — At the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, visitors can take a trip to an ice blue celestial plane surrounded by an aurora borealis.

With the recent publication of our Measuring AR ROI Calculator and Best Practices Report, we at the AREA are demonstrating our commitment to addressing obstacles that enterprises face when introducing and expanding their AR initiatives.

VR game libraries, like PlayStation or SteamVR provide hundreds of games today. When VR technology overcomes the problem of movement for players and possibly introduces all human senses, virtual reality in gaming could become as powerful as the real world gaming.

Tomorrow, Historic City News readers interested in 3-D imaging technologies that are being used for preservation at the Castillo de San Marcos can meet Dr. Lori Collins and learn more about her work.

Thanks to the magic of presence, VR can collapse distances across time and space. You can hang out with friends and family from anywhere in the world with Facebook Spaces, or you can explore the world with Google Earth VR. And today, you can travel through history...