1. Virtual Heritage at UCF Michelle J. Adams Associate Director, Florida Space Coast History Project Alex Katsaros Cultural Highways and Byways Project Eileen Smith Director, Experiential Learning - Media Convergence Laboratory Christopher Stapleton Director, Media Convergence Laboratory Lori C. Walters Director, Florida Space Coast History Project A Partnership of Florida Space Coast History Project, Media Convergence Laboratory & Institute for Simulation and Training

2. On the Web Florida Space Coast History Project www.capehistory.org UCF Media Convergence Laboratory http://www.mcl.ucf.edu

3. www.capehistory.org

4. Digital Archives  Scan  Original Documents  Newspapers, Magazines and Other Printed Matter  Images  Value  Reduce Physical Damage to Materials by Users  Greatly Increase Accessibility  Disaster Insurance (Keep in Second Location)

5. Digital Archives @ UCF  Oral History Collection  Cape Canaveral Documents  Aerospace Image Collection

6. An example of our digital holdings

7. Virtual Heritage Phase One: Then and Now Project

8. Cape History Tour – Created by UCF Students

9. Launch Complex 14 - 1963

10. Launch Complex 14 - 2005

11. Launch Complex 19 - 2005

12. Virtual Heritage Phase Two: Virtual Reality

13. Virtual What Can Be

14. Generational Needs  Pre vs. Post Pong  Post Pong are highly visual  Adapt to and demand new technology  Print to Television  Public Television  Explosion of Cable/Satellite permits specialized networks  Television to Computer  Internet – the hook  Museum – the experience

15. Virtual Time Travel  Recreate What Once Was  For use on your websites to stimulate interest on the web to draw visitors to your museums  To enhance traditional exhibits

16. Project Score Virtual Simulation UCF Students – Fall 2005

17. Mixed Reality Immersive Environments

18. MR Immersion Booth Experiential Media ©2005 University of Central Florida

19. Mixed Reality Software System Experiential Media Education

20. Remember – Just because history is the study of the past … the tools of the profession do not need to remain in the past.