The objective of this experiment is twofold. First, how to uncover events and places in the past through the perspective of those who remember them - specifically when the physical place no longer exists. Second, how to open these places in memory to the viewer as ‘real’ spaces which act as a catalyst for creating new and memorable narratives of the past.
This experiment uses the HTC Vive, a Virtual Reality (VR) technology which incorporates Head Mounted Displays (HMD) and a ‘lighthouse system’ to track the exact position of the viewer inside a space of up to fifteen square feet. The viewer is completely immersed within the virtual environment and can move around the space while picking up and interacting with virtual objects.
A link to a downloadable PDF with a detailed description of this experiment, and the research behind it, can be found below.