Virtual Heritage at UCF Michelle J. Adams Associate Director, Florida Space Coast History Project Alex Katsaros Cultural Highways and Byways Project Eileen Smith Director, Experiential Learning - Media Convergence Laboratory Christopher Stapleton Director, Media Convergence Laboratory Lori C. Walters Director, Florida Space Coast History Project A Partnership of Florida Space Coast History Project, Media Convergence Laboratory & Institute for Simulation and Training

On the Web Florida Space Coast History Project UCF Media Convergence Laboratory

Digital Archives  Scan  Original Documents  Newspapers, Magazines and Other Printed Matter  Images  Value  Reduce Physical Damage to Materials by Users  Greatly Increase Accessibility  Disaster Insurance (Keep in Second Location)

Digital UCF  Oral History Collection  Cape Canaveral Documents  Aerospace Image Collection

An example of our digital holdings

Virtual Heritage Phase One: Then and Now Project

Cape History Tour – Created by UCF Students

Launch Complex

Launch Complex

Launch Complex

Virtual Heritage Phase Two: Virtual Reality

Virtual What Can Be

Generational Needs  Pre vs. Post Pong  Post Pong are highly visual  Adapt to and demand new technology  Print to Television  Public Television  Explosion of Cable/Satellite permits specialized networks  Television to Computer  Internet – the hook  Museum – the experience

Virtual Time Travel  Recreate What Once Was  For use on your websites to stimulate interest on the web to draw visitors to your museums  To enhance traditional exhibits

Project Score Virtual Simulation UCF Students – Fall 2005

Mixed Reality Immersive Environments

MR Immersion Booth Experiential Media ©2005 University of Central Florida

Mixed Reality Software System Experiential Media Education

Remember – Just because history is the study of the past … the tools of the profession do not need to remain in the past.