How ‘smart objects’ can bring cultural heritage to life

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How ‘smart objects’ can bring cultural heritage to life When the first visitors arrived at Atlantik Wall, an interactive World War Two exhibition in The Hague, they were presented with an unusual choice. Would they prefer to carry around a miniature beer mug, a box of sugar, a food coupon, or one of three other items? These replicas were all […]

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meSch selected for exhibition at the ‘Fair of European Innovators in Cultural Heritage’ this November

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meSch: Material EncounterS with digital Cultural Heritage was a 4-year EU funded project with the goal of co-designing novel platforms for the creation of tangible exhibits at heritage sites: curators will be able to offer visitors new interactive experiences by means of material interaction with smart objects. meSch has been selected to exhibit in the forthcoming event Fair of European Innovators in […]

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Researcher Blog by Professor Luigina Ciolfi on Cultural Heritage and Digital Technologies

Cultural heritage and digital technologies workshop

About the author Luigina Ciolfi is Professor of Human Centred Computing in the Computing and Communication Research Centre (CCRC) within C3RI. Luigina’s research is located at the intersection of computing, social science and design in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and cultural heritage technologies. In this post Luigina turns her attention to the outcomes of her research […]

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