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Abdelmonem, M.G. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8271-0924,
2017.
Reliving past architecture: virtual heritage and the reproduction of history through creative modes of heritage visualisation.
In: International Conference on Trends in Architecture and Construction (ICTAC 2017), Chandigarh University, Mohali, India, 18 September 2017.
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Abstract
Virtual heritage is a modern technological application that aims to transfer the experience of historic buildings, urban spaces and cities into an engaging experience of real-life quality for the ordinary people. Computer-simulated environments can simulate physical presence in places in the real world offering digital display of lost heritage that conveys inherent values in the education process for students in both pre-university as well as graduate education. For architecture and archaeological students, in particular, it virtually transfers them to another world where they engage with architectonics and quality of architecture. For conservators, historians and archaeologists, it helps develop a rich library and digital archive of details, information and data necessary in restoring historical sites, as well as heritage preservation where the 3D virtual models contain accurate data and help for restoration.
This paper reports on recently completed research project on the development of virtual heritage platforms for medieval culture. It uncovers a conceptual framework for the development of virtual heritage platforms as a research, educational and engagement tool that brings historic spaces and buildings back to the recognition of the public eye of the ordinary user. It not only reproduces historical scenes through physical modelling of archaeological sites or data, but, more importantly, through serial narratives where life is explored and practised in motion, and where cultural-feed brings meaning, experiences and understanding to the socio-cultural context. The paper introduces a brief analysis of virtual heritage platforms that offer a variety of methods, techniques, contexts, and outputs that are suitable to different purposes and audiences. It offers a brief conclusion on how virtual heritage offer unique and unprecedented insights into historic architecture that would be otherwise invisible or unimaginable.
| Item Type: | Conference contribution |
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| Creators: | Abdelmonem, M.G. |
| Date: | 18 September 2017 |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment |
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher |
| Date Added: | 17 Jan 2018 10:18 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2018 10:20 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/32463 |
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