Intersections: Using AR/VR Technology to Expand Archaeological Public Outreach and Increase Engagement

Summary

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This project focuses on using augmented and virtual reality to expand public interaction and outreach through a mix of digital technologies (smart phones and the Hololens) and analog outreach (postcards and journals). AECOM has engaged in extensive public outreach for the I-95 Girard Avenue Interchange Improvement Project through a variety of avenues. Two of the most distributed of these are the monthly artifact postcards and River Chronicles, a yearly journal detailing discoveries and items of interest. We suggest an expansion of these analog outreaches through the use of AR/VR technology to give the public more agency in accessing and investigating artifacts. We propose a methodology for the use of AR/VR technology to enable this access—demonstrating possible methods of use and engagement, detailing gains in user interaction and activity, and possible avenues of growth and expansion.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• 2020 SHA General Sessions   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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PaperId(s): 393