Episode 3: Physical vs VR Museums This the third episode of our podcast titled ‘Digital Discussions’, in which we discuss topics about the digital, humanities, and...
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Come Thru & Party on the Cloud: Thoughts on AR
On February 20th, 2019 Jak Wilmot wore a VR headset for 168 hours with the goal of researching how society will adopt this technology, the psychological effects...
Continue reading...Destiny Talks Episode 5: Virtual Reality
Join us for another episode with Iman, Caressa, and Joseph on Virtual Reality and the underlying debate around it! Sources: Philip Brey (2014)’s The Phyiscal and...
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Cloudy With a Chance of Brains
Waking up dead tired on a dreary Saturday morning is never fun, but even more so in November. The sky is grey and it never seems...
Continue reading...Video Games: Where’s the boundary between physical and virtual worlds?
Digitally preserving and reconstructing cultural heritage
In the last couple of years we have seen multiple instances in which cultural heritage was destroyed, either due to intentional destruction by humans or because...
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Video games as historical tool
As I am using these articles to explore the opportunities of several digital media for historians, I would like to focus today on the subject of...
Continue reading...The Alternative Algorithm and Alternative Realities
The term ‘algorithm’ to many humanities-oriented people may seem like an abstract concept. One might understand it as a theoretical construct, but not necessarily grasp its...
Continue reading...Fallout: New Vegas
I was never much of a gamer. Of course, I built my fair share of Sims houses and Zoo Tycoon cages, but never anything beyond that....
Continue reading...Marrying Hatsune Miku
Marrying your idol? I’m pretty sure some of you out there have dreamt of such a thing. Marrying your favorite virtual character? I don’t know about...
Continue reading...Humanity through VR
“It connects humans to other humans in a profound way that I’ve never seen before in any other form of media. And it can change people’s perception of...
Continue reading...Human emotions in virtual worlds
“How can we then say that something exists and at the same time is not real?” (Brey, 2014) Virtual enviroments are really powerful. Through them, humans can...
Continue reading...Pokémon Go, our virtual playground
“Playgrounds are everywhere once you start looking.” I’m sure everyone here has played (or at least heard of) Pokémon Go, the mobile game that took the...
Continue reading...Venice Time Machine
Probably one of the coolest digital historical projects I’ve ever run into is the Venice Time Machine. Before we talk any further, you should watch a...
Continue reading...Very Realistic
If you like gaming, you probably heard about VR: Virtual Reality. This digital screen can be worn like goggles and responds to your movement. This will...
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