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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. Most participants were children, with a few […]

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

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Vision Fountain have been user testing VR cultural-educational experinces 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

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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 […]

Augmented Reality – Paris French National Museum of Natural History

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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 […]

More Oral Histories from the Afan Valley

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We spent the day talking to locals and capturing 3D portraits at Glyncorrygw. Glyncorrygw is a lovely isolated village at the end of the Afan Valley and surely one of […]

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 […]

User Testing at 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 […]