Capturing and visualising the Past
Organizers:
Alan Chalmers
Visiting scholar
The Flinders University of South Australia
Sturt Rd., Bedford Park
Adelaide, SA 5042
Australia
Mark Mudge
Cultural Heritage Imaging
ABSTRACT
The tools and standards of best practice adopted by cultural heritage (CH) professionals will determine the sustainability of digital heritage, or lack of it. How can we reliably digitally document our cultural heritage with commonly available tools? How can we make this evidence of humanity’s past come alive? The session invites contributions demonstrating ways that robust information about the past can be captured with practical digital techniques and ways to explore the past with “there reality”, multi-sensory (visual, audio, smell temperature) high-fidelity virtual environments. The session is for those “who want to do the right” thing when documenting the past and will emphasize tools that permit digital ‘banking’ of humankind’s all-to-vulnerable legacy today. If you are interested in accessible digital documentation and rich digital experiences, this is the session for you.
