Walking through Ancient Athens using gaming environments

Created by Cyprien P. Lomas (The University of Queensland) on August 30, 2004

Students at the University of British Columbia are bringing new dimensions to their Classical Studies lessons by building, sharing and exploring simulations of ancient spaces. Michael Griffin and his fellow students have re-built the Parthenon and other elements of the Acropolis of ancient Athens by 'hacking' the Unreal gaming environment. These simulations permit the exploration of spaces that have been pieced together from pictures, stories and theories. Students have unlimited degrees of freedom to explore the Acropolis as it may have orginally existed. The walkthroughs (which are amazing) can be found at Ancient Spaces.

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		Walking through Ancient Athens using gaming environments Created by Cyprien P. Lomas (The University of Queensland) on August 30, 2004 Students at the University of British Columbia are bringing new dimensions to their Classical Studies lessons by building, sharing and exploring simulations of ancient spaces. Michael Griffin and his fellow students have re-built the Parthenon and other elements of the Acropolis of ancient Athens by 'hacking' the Unreal gaming environment. These simulations permit the exploration of spaces that have been pieced together from pictures, stories and theories. Students have unlimited degrees of freedom to explore the Acropolis as it may have orginally existed. The walkthroughs (which are amazing) can be found at Ancient Spaces. Teaching and Learning Cyprien's blog Login or register to post comments 5304 reads
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