18 April 2014

Bringing History and the Future to Life

Have you ever wished you had a virtual time machine that could show you how your street looked last century? Or have you wanted to see how your new furniture might look, before you’ve even bought it? Thanks to an EU research project, you can now do just that. The project was designed to appeal to people familiar with the neighbourhood as well as those who are interested in Grenoble’s rich cultural heritage and human history.


Participants can use a tablet or Smartphone to look at the city through a virtual lens. The modern-day scene that they can see through their device’s camera is overlaid with historical photographs and 3D reconstructions of ancient buildings, allowing the users to look at their surroundings, going backwards through time. Local schoolchildren have collected photographs and memories from their past in order to preserve their memories for future generations.

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