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VR in cultural Heritage: new ways for exploring heritage

  • PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
  • THE HUMAN TOUCH
  • TALK

How can the stories of cultural heritage institutions reach the public using the latest technologies? The Fieldlab Virtual Worlds, coordinated by CLICKNL, brings together VR and AR makers and heritage institutions for research and experimentation. Together they will tell new stories, make material accessible and keep the past alive.

The Fieldlab Virtual Worlds has been called twice for projects. After pre-selection and a jury presentation, a total of five projects were honoured. Including an AR experience about Rembrandt's private life and an experience about the eighty year war linked to the line from 1629.

This session, presented by five on-going projects, focuses on immersion and personal experience of AR and VR in the field of cultural heritage research. Attention will also be paid to the 'how' and 'why' these new techniques can help keep the past alive. A must for anyone interested in new technologies and telling stories.

The Fieldlab Virtual Worlds is coordinated by CLICKNL. Partners are the Meertens Institute, Media Perspectives and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.

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Patricia Alkhoven

Dr. Patricia Alkhoven is coordinator of the Field Lab Virtual Worlds, one of the fieldlabs of CLICKNL (Topsector Creative Industries). She is coordinator of external relationships of CLARIAH (NWO) that will build a digital infrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences In The Netherlands. Patricia is also the ‘driver’ of the National Science Agenda route ”Living History”. Before, she was program coordinator of the Heritage Network under CLICKNL, project manager for several complex heritage and ICT projects at The National Library of The Netherlands, the Meertens Institute, Humanities Cluster of the KNAW, Director of UDC Consortium and Collection Department Head at the Netherlands Architecture Institute.

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Huibert Crijns

Huibert Crijns (1966) is programme manager for restoration and development projects and an expert on European funding. He studied Architecture (BSc), Construction Management (MSc) and Law. Since 2001 Huibert has managed several restoration and re-development projects on the fortress of ‘s Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, e.g. an information centre in a bulwark as well as the improvement of the public space along the town walls. In order to present heritage to a wider audience Augmented and Virtual Reality tools have been applied successfully. The restoration projects on the fortifications of ‘s Hertogenbosch received grants from 15 different EU funding programmes. The innovative approach of the Heritage Department has been awarded with the prestigious European Heritage Award.

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Pepijn Borgwat

Pepijn Borgwat (34) is co-founder of multidisciplinary design company Synerique (2010), which is mainly focused on exhibition concepts, activation and motion graphic design. Synerique operates from Haarlem and Maastricht for societal and cultural instancies such as Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Stadsarchief Amsterdam, several science museums, Provincie Noord-Holland and the Bibliotheek. Outside office hours, Pepijn functions as VJ as part of electronic live band Baptist.