Discovering Immersive Scholarship: What is it and how can we use it? As a student of Art History, I rely heavily on resources that I can find online, especially considering my interest in the visual culture of the South American…
This past June, I traveled to Italy to contribute to the long-running archaeological excavations at the ancient Roman site of Cosa. Perched on a beautiful coastal promontory overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea about halfway between Rome and Florence, the ruins of…
As I have grown in my position as the Immersive Scholarship assistant, I have found the processes of photogrammetry and 3D scanning to be immensely enriching—though not without difficulties. In developing my skills, I have encountered a variety of obstacles…
My Time as the Immersive Scholarship Graduate Assistant Working as a Graduate Research Assistant with the Office of Digital Research and Scholarship (DRS) has been one of the most memorable experiences of my graduate student career. Collaborating with Matthew Hunter,…
New and innovative technologies like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), 3D modeling, and 3D printing have drastically impacted the way museums, libraries, and universities interact with and engage diverse audiences. Using digital technologies and immersive scholarship (research and teachings…
Penguin Test Scan-PLY by mhunter52 on Sketchfab
Over the course of 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years, DRS recruited a Digital Cultural Heritage Intern whose job was to research the ways libraries contributed to interactive scholarly outputs that utilized 3D technology. As part of this work, exploration by…