The Drax Files: World Makers [Episode 33: Luxembourg 1867]
"Of course every museum should have something like this" says Pit Vinandy, referring to the virtual reality component at
Fort Thüngen Museum and the
City Museum of
Luxembourg.
There, his team has implemented an immersive way to connect to local history, a method to time travel and experience culture and society as it was hundreds of years ago.
With the help of two
Oculus Rift VR headsets and 10 computers, visitors can role-play 1867, a crucial year not only for tiny Luxembourg: sandwiched between rivals
Germany and
France, the little country became known due to the "Luxembourg crises", itself a turning
point for the whole of
Europe at the time and the burning question at the time resonates today: will people of this multi-cultural continent grow closer together and overcome their differences or will the leaders of countries perpetually in conflict continue to let armed response rein supreme?
Pit Vinandy and team have created a digital simulation of the Fort Thüngen and the
Pfaffenthal region of
Luxembourg City inside the virtual world of
Second Life.
Accessible from all over the world, at all hours of the day, it quickly became home to a passionate international role-playing community, making the digital structures come alive and truly vibrant.
Will it replace traditional teaching of history? It certainly won't says
Pit. The goal, he explains, is to enable learning history in a playful way, connecting to the inner child that with wide eyed curiosity and free of intellectual restraint simply revels in the joy of exploring the world, no matter if physically real or simply emotionally resonating.
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Big thanks as always to
Marianne McCann who played so many roles in this episode, the SL
Screen Actors Guild [SLAG] should nominate her for president!
Special thanks to Arduenn Schwartzmann for building a VR
Mars in no time!
Song "
Someone else's eyes" written and performed by
Kal Swan,
Tom Walsh and Bernhard
Drax, produced by
Mack.
More information on this project is of course in-world
http://secondlife.com/destination/the-virtual-pfaffenthal
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Credits for 1867 in SL:
Ion
Transmedia S.a r.l.:
Concept,
Creation, 3d Mdeling and textures:
Esther Ngan, Pit Vinandy
Co-Producer and IT specialist:
Alan Martiny
Builders & Clothing:
Esther Ngan
Ramirez Falta https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/18472
Irkalla Falta (Irkalla Caudron)
Daims Lazamah
Ind'har Randvill (IndharRandvill)
Aquila Kytori
Gustav von
Rosenheim (gustav2005)
Solas (SolasNaGealai) https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/92817
historical plans:
Raymond Dhur
Administration du Cadastre et de la Topographie
Carlo
Hansen
Fondation Jeunes Scientifiques Luxembourg
http://www.jonk-fuerscher.lu
Jeannot Bosseler,
Coos Kim
Division de la police des bâtisses Ville de Luxembourg
Joé Ditsch , Lamesch
Pierre
Canalisation Ville de Luxembourg
Citizens:
Annie Oh (AnnieBrightstar)
Stoeft (Stoeft1867)
Trystan Van Landewyck (lookyluck)
Wren Noir (WrenNoir Cerise)
Andy Roelofs (
Brazil Roelofs)
AnneCatherineWeber
Becca Polano
Casanova De la Vega (Casanova Dubratt)
Danial Munster
Eva Tauriel (
EVA Krautrauch)
Gibbes (Stoeft)
Jogi Schultz (yogijo)
Mariana (Mariana1a2q3u4a)
Martin Harpes. Clockmaster (PhilaeBlue)
Melvin Starbrook
pepacometa
Roger de
Lavalette (Lavalette)
Rose (Roseamber)
spetzmaus1
tuteschass
Tosca Laurence Munshausen (toscalaurence)
Urd (urd1)
Viktoria Hymes (Mirupi)
Historians and Counselors:
André Bruns
Jender Stammet
Dr
Robert L. Philippart
Célestin Kremer
Oliver Kayser
Partners:
1867 a.s.b.l.
https://m.facebook.com/1867asbl
Musée Dräi Eechelen
http://www.m3e.public.lu/fr/index
.html
National Museum of History and
Art Luxembourg
http://www.mnha.lu
Luxembourg City History Museum
http://mhvl.lu/en/
Interessenverein Pfaffenthal-Siechenhof
http://www.pfaffenthal.info/
Net-TV
http://www.net-tv.lu/
Luxembourg City
Archives (Archives municipales)
http://www.archives-vdl.findbuch.net/php/main
.php?ar_id=3705
Luxembourg City
Photo Archive (
Photothèque)
http://www.vdl.lu/phototheque.html
National Library of Luxembourg
http://www
.bnl.public.lu/fr/index.html
Frënn vun der Festungsgeschicht
Lëtzebuerg - a.s.b.l.
http://www.ffgl.lu/activites/fr_index.html
Industrie.lu
http://industrie.lu/index.php/en/
If we happened to forget somebody, please let us know and we will add you of course!
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Blogs about this episode:
Inara = http://modemworld.me/
2015/10/30/the-drax-files-33-visiting-the-past-through-second-life/
LL = https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/The-Drax-Files-World-Makers-Episode-33-Luxembourg-1867/ba-p/2975712
Ciaran = http://sl.governormarley.com/?p=5467
Maddy = http://echtvirtuell.blogspot.de/2015/10/the-drax-files-world-makers-episode-33.html
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RTL Luxembourg has picked up the story as well here http://tele.rtl.lu/emissiounen/top-thema-magazin/3049661.html