Earthworks

Is a travelling exhibit that presents interactive virtual reconstructions of ancient architecture in the world. Exhibit visitors may choose up to 90 interactive video topics, many also reinforced on exhibit panels, a timeline, and a giant map of the region.

"This is an especially exciting project, as it brings together our most ancient heritage with our most advanced technology."--William Ferris, Former Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1998.

The unique way that Earthworks present their information by having a program that consists
of many video scenes, most less than a minute long. At the end of each scene
the user may select another scene to view, another Earthwork location or a different culture location.
The way a user can interact with this project differs from the way I will use real-time technology when reconstruction Nottingham Castle. This project interacts when a user selects a video to watch and they can watch a walk through of a scene (Sometimes 3D generated models) and have actors that move and talk in the scene. A user can then move to a different area, time and/or culture. The experience is set apart from other projects and makes these ancient sites memorable, engaging, visual using spatial navigation and multi-voiced interpretation.

If more time were available for the Nottingham castle reconstruction, then a possible direction the project could go in would be to use actors and involve the use of further interaction by enabling users to walk to a certain points on the castle grounds and revealing information by both visual type and speech.

The website

http://earthworks.uc.edu/index.htm