Date: Thursday 13th November 2019

Venue: G04a

Time: 13:00 - 14:00

This talk explores, from an architectural and (moving) image-making perspective, how we might make sense of a heritage sites and buildings in the near future, thereby linking historical perspectives of image taking, representation and consumption with present-day architectural, economic, and creative practices. This will be illustrated by showcasing a recent CAVA project for Liverpool’s St George’s Hall. CAVA created, with a team of experts from the UK and US, a new kind of immersive visitor experience, combining 3D projection mapping, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Live Performances that produces. In doing so, and with the support of Microsoft's Mixed Reality group in San Francisco, CAVA was able to create the world's first volumetrically filmed (3D holograms) UNESCO heritage experience using Microsoft's HoloLens system. The hypothesis underpinning this talk to a group of architecture students is that these concerns will become particularly important as we move into a future in which virtual (VR) and augmented realities (AR) increasingly “merge” moving images with space and thus challenge our perception of architecture and places.