VR – VisionFountain

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VR Scoping Workshop with YMCA / Young Carers

in Charity, Oculus, Outreach, Virtual Reality, VR, VR for education, YMCA, Young Carers

Vision Fountain recently had the pleasure of taking Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality head-sets for some Young Carers to try. Young carers are people less than 18 years old who […]

Story Futures – AR Workshop

in AR, Augmented Reality, Digital Installation, Story Futures, VR, VR for education, workshop

The Story Futures 2-day AR (augmented reality) workshop that took place in the Tramshed, Cardiff was a fantastic learning and networking experience. The event brought together some heavy weight talent […]

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 […]

Our 2022 in Review

in Amgueddfa Cymru, Digital Installation, Exhibition, Heritage Lottery Fund, Kings of the Underground, Last Voices of the Rhondda, Oculus, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Virtual Reality, voice recordings, VR, VR for education

Vision Fountain had a productive 2022. We added innovative digital skills and broadened our partnership network while building on our strengths of community storytelling. “Kings of the Underground” introduced 3D […]

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 […]

Assessing the impact of VR headsets on under 13-year-olds

in 3D, facebook, Metaquest, Oculus, Virtual Reality, VR, VR for education

Vision Fountain have been user testing VR cultural-educational experiences that we are creating on the general public, at schools, youth groups, festivals and museum sites. Our virtual reality experiences are […]

The Festival of Archeology – Virtual Fossil Room

in 3-d Render, 3D, Carboniferous, Community Workshop, Educators in VR, Exhibition, fossil, fossils, Miners, museum, Outreach, paleontology, Participation and Interpretation Officer, Photogrammetry, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Rhondda Heritage Park, UK Geology Project, Virtual, Virtual Reality, VR, Welsh Government

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 […]