The University of Birmingham is developing ‘Heritage Virtual Reality’ to help people see or revisit what life was in the past, according to the BBC.
Projects include a railway station in Devon in the 1940s, a reconstruction of the Wembury coastline in South Devon and a project to show children in the UK and USA what Plymouth looked like in 1620 and celebrate the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower to America.
The University’s Professor Bob Stone told BBC’s 5 Live radio station ‘We think that Virtual Heritage is one of the untapped areas for the future of VR. We can use this [VR] as a focus for our research and involve school children and members of the public.’ He said some older people go home after using the system and send him pictures and materials from their younger days.
Read the full BBC story and watch a video of the VR in action
