Games and Virtual Worlds For Culture and Heritage

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Comment by Chris Hutchison on October 10, 2009 at 9:13am

I'm delighted to announce that Tamsin Barzane's innovative interactive exhibition, The Middle Passage Experience, has now relocated to a permanent home on solipCISM. A role-play 'serious game' in which participants assume the identities of enslaved Africans, this is a dramatic and deeply moving educational installation that puts a very human face on the history of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Please visit the exhibition at http://slurl.com/secondlife/SolipCISM/218/243/23

Comment by AC on August 21, 2008 at 3:02pm

Digitial Applications For Cultural And Heritage Institutions (Hardcover)

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Comment by AC on August 5, 2008 at 3:14pm

Ancient abbey's virtual world

Tourists are becoming real-life "Tomb Raiders" after an ancient abbey was recreated in a virtual reality world.

Tintern Abbey, near Chepstow in Monmouthshire, has been brought back to its former glory through an interactive tour which was created using technology seen in computer games.

People can now search the ruins from their PC and see what the abbey would have looked like in 1320 compared to today.

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