#Webinar | Virtual Reality: Unlocking the Potential. Accessing Heritage Places From Home webinar series
June 4, 2020 10:00 AM ET / 16:00 PM CET

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/heritagefromhomeVR

Presented by: CIPA Emerging Professionals; International Council on Monuments and Sites; NSERC Create Heritage Engineering Program; and the National Trust for Canada.

Virtual Reality (VR) is an exciting and immersive way to engage with heritage sites and institutions. In this webinar we will share some of the ways various experts are using this tool to bring culture and heritage into the home. The webinar is suitable for those with multiple levels of technical knowledge, from beginners to experts of VR.

Join us for presentations by panelists, followed by a Q&A: • VR as Storytelling Tool for First Nations (Brett Leavy, Virtual Songlines, Australia).
• Videogames to Visit Immersively Archaeological Sites: A Night in the forum (Sofia Pescarin, CNR ISPC, Italy).
• Beyond Physical Barriers: Virtual Museums as a Means for Promoting and Enhancing Cultural Heritage (Damiano Aiello, University of Catania, Italy).
• A Truly Virtual Parliament: Translating HBIM to VR (Joshua Chartrand, Carleton Immersive Media Studio, Canada).
• The Alamire Sound Labs: Immersive Sound in Real and Virtual Spaces (Rudi Knoops, KU Leuven - Research Unity Musicology & Alamire Foundation, Belgium).
• And more! Grazia Tucci, Mario Santana, Sara Gonizzi Barsanti
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