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S1E8: VR or It Didn’t Happen
Oct 24, 2018
VR pioneers Jaron Lanier and Nonny de la Pena, along with Tristram Hunt, director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, discuss the use of virtual reality to preserve and share artworks, the history of plaster cast technology, the global response to pressures and strains, and the power of virtual reality to evoke strong emotions and update the concept of virtual museums.
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- VR technology can recreate distant artifacts and enhance access to cultural heritage.
- Virtual reality has the potential to revolutionize education, entertainment, and cultural preservation.
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The Virtual Reality Experience of a Maya Monument in London
The podcast episode discusses how a virtual reality (VR) experience allows people to view and interact with a scan of a Maya stone monument, called Stella E, that was made by the Maya civilization in Guatemala. The monument is the largest freestanding carved monument from the ancient Americas, and the VR experience was created using plaster casts made in the 1880s. Although it is a copy of a copy, the VR experience provides a convincing illusion of being in front of the monument. The episode explores how VR technology can recreate distant artifacts and the parallels between Victorian VR and modern VR.
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