Education

VR at Ysgol Hen Felin (ALN School)

in Additional Learning Needs, Audio Visual Education, Education, Educators in VR, fossil, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Rhondda Heritage Park, Virtual Reality, VR for education

A couple of days ago we had the pleasure to visit, demonstrate and do more testing of the virtual reality (VR) cultural experinces at Ysgol Hen Felin additional learning needs […]

Virtual Reality at Additional Learning Needs Schools

in Additional Learning Needs, ALD, Education, Special School, Virtual Reality, VR, VR for education

We recently had the pleasure of visiting The Hollies School in Cardiff. Hollies is an Additional Learning Needs school environment. At Vision Fountain’s core is inclusivity. So it was a […]

Kings of the Underground – Press Release

in 3D, 3D portrait, Afan Valley, Amgueddfa Cymru, Big Pit, Digital Installation, Education, Exhibition, Heritage Lottery Fund, Miners, museum, National Museuem Wales, Recording Oral History, Rhondda Heritage Park, The National Coal Mining Museum, Virtual Reality, VR

Kings of The Underground – Exhibition by Vision Fountain / National Waterfront Museum until 19th March 2023 (part of Amgueddfa Cymru / Museum of Wales) Download Vision Fountain Press Release […]

Kings of the Underground – Project Details

in 3D, Amgueddfa Cymru, Big Pit, Community Workshop, Digital Installation, Education, Heritage Lottery Fund, museum, National Lottery Heritage Fund, National Museuem Wales, Oral History, Photogrammetry, Rhondda Heritage Park, South Wales Miners Museum, VR, workshop

Kings of The Underground by Vision Fountain An exhibition of three-dimensional (3D) portraits of Welsh Miners called “Kings of the Underground” opens at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, Wales 07th […]

Fossil Room – User Testing

in Carboniferous, Community Project, Education, Educators in VR, Exhibition, fossil, fossils, Oculus, Outreach, Rhondda Heritage Park, UK Geology Project, Virtual Collection, Virtual Reality, VR, VR for education, Welsh Government, workshop

We undertook user testing (UT) with the Fossil Room virtual reality experience that was introduced at the open day at Rhondda Heritage Park. Most participants were children, with a few […]

Augmented Reality – Paris French National Museum of Natural History

in AR, Augmented Reality, Education, Exhibition, French National Museum of Natural History, Microsoft’s HoloLens 2, museum

Vision Fountain recently visited the French National Museum of Natural History (MNHN). We experienced the Grand Gallery of Evolution, which houses some 7,000 animal specimens and their new AR experince […]

User Testing at Rhondda Digi-Fest 22

in Community Interest Company, Community Workshop, Digi-Fest, DigiFest22, Education, Educators in VR, Recording Oral History, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Rhondda Heritage Park, Virtual Reality, VR, VR for education

Rhondda Digi-Fest22 enabled our team to demonstrate story-telling in a virtual reality environment with a host of primary schools, high schools and youth groups in the Rhondda Valley. Around a […]

Exhibition Opening; “Last Voices of The Rhondda”

in 3-d portrait, 3-d Render, 3D, Audio Visual Education, Community Workshop, Education, Exhibition, Gallery, Heritage Lottery Fund, Last Voices of the Rhondda, Photogrammetry, Rhondda Heritage Park, School, Uncategorised

Last Voices of the Rhondda opened at Rhondda Heritage Park 22nd Feb 2022. We were able to invite most of the miners and other members of the community who took […]

Heritage Workshops

in coal, Community Workshop, Education, Heritage Lottry Fund, Last Voices of the Rhondda, Miners, Outreach, Rhondda Heritage Park, School

An intergral part of the project, in addition to capturing the oral history and 3D portraits, is the the outreach with schools and youth groups. We worked with outreach officers […]

New Project – 15-Minute Heritage

in Education, Heritage Lottery Fund, interviews, voice recordings

Vision Fountain were awarded Lottery funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund in November 2020 from their “15-Minute Heritage” grant scheme. “The aim of this grant scheme is to support […]