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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