Course coordinators? Upcoming Virtual Place accessible theory book

My publisher, Indiana University Press, has asked me to name academics who would like to be alerted when my next book, Rethinking Virtual Places, is out in case they might consider it for course reading lists. Let me know! (it will be in the IUP Spatial Humanties series). 1-A Potted History of Virtual Reality2-Dead, Dying, …

Metadata in 3D file formats

Something to explore at a later date but it seems X3D and Collada are recommended when placing metadata (like exif) in a 3D file. For glTF (a 3D transmission format) posters seem to recommend an id that can link to an external file name or database. Obj can contain metadata but not structured metadata and …

VR silos and weak onsite mobile-based virtual heritage experiences

Has anyone written on gaps (in power, features, or connection, etc.) between offsite (desktop virtual environments (VEs), and headset VEs) and mobile device-based AR/MR that augments the experience onsite? Seems to me the offsite desktop environments (and headset VR) experiences are often silos while the onsite/mobile (phone or tablet) AR/MR experiences are typically limited, break …

New Book Chapter Planned

Last week I was asked if I would write a book chapter for an edited volume "Difficult Pasts and Immersive Experiences" to be published by Routledge (History, Heritage Studies & Archaeology series) in 2021, edited by Dr. Agiatis Benardou and Dr. Anna Maria Droumpouki. I suggested a chapter on the theoretical problems but also potential …

This Game Has History: Book publisher ideas requested

Just hypothetically, of course, say I had a “friend” interested in editing or co-editing a book on (insert famous game series name here) and.. .. if this “friend" was in talks with a consultant historian on the series, (by one of the biggest game companies in the world, who are famous for this series), set …

Latest Book Chapter We Are Working On

With Dr. Juan Hiriart, writing a very short chapter for Champion, E., & Hiriart, J. (2021: pending). Workshopping Board Games for Space Place and Culture. In C. Randl & M. Lasansky (Eds.), Playing Place: Board Games, Architecture, Space, and Heritage. NB, liable to change, but the working draft of the current chapters looks great so …

Upcoming publications

I have been busy writing job and grant applications and lecture presentations. But still intending to publish/finish the below: Pending, To Be Presented or Published Books and edited books in press or under review Champion, E. (2021: in press). Rethinking Virtual Places. Indiana University Press, Spatial Humanities series. Champion, E. (Ed). (2021). Virtual Heritage: A …

Writing PhD proposals backwards

I receive quite a few PhD proposals and they generally try to prove too much, and quote methods as if they are methodology (the latter is the study of methods, ideally explaining which methods are most suitable and why certain ones will be used here). Many PhD proposals read more like trans-national proposals! Is it …

New journal article

New article out today: Dawson B, Joseph P, Champion E. Evaluating User Experience of a Multimedia Storyteller Panorama Tour: The Story of the Markham Car Collection. Collections. 2020;16(3):251-278. doi:10.1177/1550190620940966. URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1550190620940966 A storyteller panorama tour, The Story of the Markam Car Collection, was developed as an example for museums and cultural institutions concerning the use …

Writing grant applications the wrong way

I should know better. I get fascinated by a problem, plan it in my head, spend too much time on costing things, over-simplify for clarity's sake, then run out of time explaining why it is significant and novel. Wrong order, wrong emphasis. Why not: Read the marking rubrics.Start with an immediate problem you can provide …

Latest Journal article *nearly out

For JOCCH, in production now. Very long paper, sorry! Abstract below..

UNESCO Chair of Cultural Heritage and Visualisation

The 2016-2020 UNESCO Chair of Cultural Heritage and Visualisation has ended. First UNESCO Chair at Curtin. Less than 4 years, but various awards/prizes, media releases and press interviews, 3 Australian Research Council (+international) grants, some grant applications still pending. The next big publication, in February 2021, will be an edited book on virtual heritage, published …

#CFP Culture and Computing C&C2021 Conference

I have been invited by Professor Matthias Rauterberg, Eindhoven University of Technology, onto the program board of C&C: 9th International Conference on Culture and Computing, part of HCI International, 24-29 July 2021, Washington DC, USA, http://2021.hci.international/c&c.html Culture and Computing is an important research area which aims to address the human-centred design of interactive technologies for …

#CFP Euromed 2020: Free, virtual

#CFP http://euromed2020.eu 8th Internatonal Conference on Digital Heritage, 2-5 November, 2020, technically Cyprus but online (virtual), free. Papers due 15 September. Papers published in LNCS by Springer. Co-chairs Marinos Ioannides (UNESCO Chair, Digital Cultural Heritage), Eleanor Fink (ex Getty Digital), Lorenzo Cantoni (UNESCO Chair in ICT) & me! Fantastic keynotes: http://euromed2020.eu/keynote-speakers Plus workshops: Workshop 1 …

Virtual Heritage in Focus

It is a working title (so will change, no doubt, any suggestions?) but here is the working chapter structure sent off for review today (hopefully) with an expected audience, undergraduate digital archaeology/museum studies/heritage students (open access version online):  Foreword: Classrooms and ProjectsTo be advised0Virtual Heritage: What is it?Professor Erik Champion13D Archaeological Reconstructions: The Art of …

Interview in French on virtual tourism

Although I don't recommend the activity in the photo.. https://www.geo.fr/voyage/la-realite-virtuelle-va-t-elle-revolutionner-nos-vacances-201598

Perhaps Digital Humanities..

should be defined by its aims rather than any "essence" .. Corso di dottorato di ricerca inSTUDI STORICO-ARTISTICI E AUDIOVISIVICiclo(XXX)Titolo della tesi “APPLICAZIONE DEL DIGITAL STORYTELLINGCOME RISORSA PER IL DIGITAL HERITAGE ITALIANO” Ph.D. thesis, 2018, Massimo Siardi, Udine.Una delle riflessioni più efficacinel riunire le istanze diverse delle digitali humanities è quella di Erik Champion che …

New OA article: “A Comparative Evaluation of Geospatial Semantic Web Frameworks for Cultural Heritage”

"A Comparative Evaluation of Geospatial Semantic Web Frameworks for Cultural Heritage" has been published in Heritage and is available online. by Ikrom Nishanbaev 1,*, Erik Champion 1,2,3 and David A. McMeekin 4,5 Abstract: Recently, many Resource Description Framework (RDF) data generation tools have been developed to convert geospatial and non-geospatial data into RDF data. Furthermore, …

Not actually published yet, but accepted

I'm very happy that my rather large article "Culturally Significant PresenceIn Single-Player Computer Games" has been accepted for the ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage. This is despite its 12,587 words covering 4 major games, and attempting to be more conceptual and provocative than normal in a traditional ACM IT-oriented journal.. Very good reviewers …

Survey of 3D digital heritage repositories and platforms

The editor of Virtual Archaeology Review has kindly created a shout out to our recent article "Survey of 3D digital heritage repositories and platforms" (in Vol. 11 no. 23, 2020):