Rhondda Heritage Park

Fossil Room – User Testing

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We undertook user testing (UT) with the Fossil Room virtual reality experience that was introduced at the open day at Rhondda Heritage Park. The experience enables participants to handle and […]

The Festival of Archeology – Virtual Fossil Room

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Vision Fountain were invited to introduce and user test a new virtual reality experince; “The Fossil Room” (beta) we are creating in collaboration with Rhondda Heritage Park . The experience […]

Immersive StoryTelling at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism

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Vision Fountain’s Creative Director, Richard Jones, gave a lecture and workshop to students attending Immersive Heritage and Folklore Project at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism Media and Culture (JOMEC) last […]

Rhondda Digi-Fest 22

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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 […]

RHONDDA DIGI FEST22

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Vision Fountain are very pleased to be taking part in Rhondda Digi-Fest22. Vision Fountain / Rhondda Heritage Park will bring along 10 x Oculus Quest 2 Virtual Reality headsets and […]

Working with Cardiff Metropolitan University

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Vision Fountain have had the good fortune to work with Cardiff Metropolitan University on our current project “Last Generation of Coalminers” (currently exhibiting at Rhondda Heritage Park, next Museum of […]

Coal Mining in The Metaverse

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For the past five months Vision Fountain have been working on an exciting project with Rhondda Heritage Park / Rhondda Cynon Taff Council : a virtual mining experience aimed at […]

Exhibition Opening; “Last Voices of The Rhondda”

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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 […]

3D Portraiture & Photogrammetry

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An important part of the over-all project is to ensure that as wide a range of people as possible are engaged with their community’s heritage. To enable and heighten engagement […]

Heritage Workshops

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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 […]