'It's the best form of day out you can probably have using the very latest technologies available' Virtual and augmented reality helps bring six decades of Omagh's history to life in a new digital walking trail StoryFuturesA
"It's like the best history lesson, the best geography trip, it's the best form of day out you can probably have using the very latest technologies available," he said."We've created a massive new map of Omagh using LiDAR 3D scanning and we've created a historical mobile augmented reality trail that tells a story about Omagh from the past.
An immersive virtual map in Omagh library has been created from 3D models of local landmarks such as St Lucia Barracks.The StoryTrails project includes a mix of nostalgia as well as modern stories of what it is like to live in Omagh now. "As someone who is from Omagh, it was so wonderful to be able to bring my skills back to my hometown and be able to speak to the people who are from my place and also to highlight new communities who've made Omagh their home," she told BBC News NI.The stories are a mix of nostalgia as well as modern stories of what it is like to live in Omagh now.
He described the experience as "very strange" and compared seeing himself in a virtual reality world to the sci-fi film Inception.
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