ONLINE: Exploring Ancient Rome through Immersive Technologies
This digital event explores how 3D-modelling technologies and virtual reality can open new understandings of the past. Prof Matthew Nicholls describes the creation of a large-scale 3D model of Ancient Rome, exploring the use of computer modelling in the study of ancient structures. Richard Smith brings the technological perspective, discussing the tools which enable the exploration of such a model in virtual reality. The talk will focus particularly on the Theatre of Pompey, a Roman theatre complex, completed in 55 BCE, which no longer survives.

This event is organised by the TORCH (en)coding Heritage Network. For more information and to join our mailing list, please see www.torch.ox.ac.uk/encoding-heritage .
Date: 29 May 2020, 15:00 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2020)
Venue: Online via Zoom -- link will be sent after registration
Speakers: Matthew Nicholls (University of Oxford), Richard Smith (University of Oxford)
Organising department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Organiser: Lia Costiner (Merton College, Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: encodingheritage@gmail.com
Host: Lia Costiner (Merton College, Oxford)
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Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://forms.gle/3MNihJEp3YyH1pFq5
Audience: Public
Editor: Lia Costiner