Doorways into Open Access vs Tech4Heritage

Doorways into Open Access is an augmented reality experience that transports users back a century to Paris of “La Belle Epoque”, a golden era that began in the early 1870s and lasted through the beginning of WWI in 1914. Downloading the app opens a virtual portal to 1912, inviting travelers to explore artifacts of the time drawn from the Smithsonian’s Open Access collection in a gorgeous virtual space.

Tech4Heritage (T4H) is an inclusive Iraqi/European initiative to train people to 3D preservation of the Cultural Heritage in Nassiriyah, Babylon, Mosul and Sulaimaniyeh. After the workshops, cultural data have been collected all over the country, and are now shared with the world. The app features a story telling with a general introduction to the project, its partners and key players, to then deep dive into the sites, the trainees and the 3D models they created between workshop sessions and the fieldwork. Navigating through the various locations, users will be able to relive all the phases of the project, meeting the people who made it possible and witnessing their work. All is enhanced by the possibility of using VR implementations and the hologram section that will grant the possibility of visualising the 3D models in real life, And new features to come.