Virtual Reality Experience (Blaenavon)

This investment is part of a wider project to develop a series of Virtual Reality experiences for visitors to the Blaenavon World Heritage Site (BWHS), providing the capital elements to a RTEF revenue project where, using Google Cardboard viewers, visitors will be able to experience a virtual reality experience on their smartphone. Under RTEF funding of £50k was formally offered in July 2017 towards development costs using Google cutting edge cost-effective virtual reality technology. As part of the experience, visitors will travel back to the 19th century where using developed animation, they will be able to see how 3 key sites in the World Heritage Site would have looked and sounded, namely; Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon World Heritage Centre and Blaenavon Heritage Town.

This TAIS application is towards three Time Traveller benches at the 3 key sites. Visitors put on the Google Cardboard viewer and using their own phone (Android and IoS smartphones) can download the app for free and be virtually transported back, using animation to show the workers/community going about their day to day life as they would have in the 19th Century, portraying the hardship and conditions that the workers, families and communities endured but with an edge of humour showing the camaraderie amongst the worker. The 3 benches will reflect the industry in both their design and material used.
 

Project details

Funding amount:
£19,600
Funding source:
Tourism Amenity Investment Support (TAIS)
Area:
Torfaen
Completion:

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