Tag: Digital History

Rome: The Game

Republished from UC Santa Barbara’s The Current: Imagine exploring the monuments of ancient Rome as a graduate student, excavating at an archaeological site and being tasked with determining if some purportedly ancient artifacts are genuine. If they are, you need to determine whether they should remain at the prestigious Southern California museum where they’re housed…
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The Virtual Reality Reconstruction of Rome’s Castro Pretorio Neighborhood

Daniela Porro, the Director of the National Roman Museum, discusses the virtual reality reconstruction of Rome’s Castro Pretorio neighborhood: “Castro Pretorio – l’evoluzione di un rione dall’antichità al XXI secolo.” (See URL below for video.) Un viaggio millenario. In quello che oggi viene conosciuto principalmente come “ il quartiere della stazione Termini”. Un’esperienza immersiva di…
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