Event: Tele-immersive Archaeology: Documentation and processing workflows for Virtual and Augmented Reality

This workshop will provide participants with first-hand experience of the complete process of creating, importing and interacting with 3D digital assets in collaborative Virtual Reality. Photogrammetric and LiDAR scans of archaeological contexts and artifacts will be used to walk workshop participants through the process of creating collaborative research spaces in the Metaverse. Metaquest Virtual Reality headsets will be available on site for a limited number of participants. This hybrid workshop will take place in person, online over Zoom, and partially on Spatial.io, a web-based metaverse platform that allows participants to engage with content in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and through their web browser on desktop and mobile devices. Registration is required to be granted access into the virtual presentation space. Those with access to Metaquest Virtual Reality headsets of their own are welcome and encouraged to attend as fully immersed participants for those sections of the workshop. Space is limited to 30 participants; prior registration is required. Registered participants will be contacted closer to the presentation date with detailed instructions and a Zoom link for those joining remotely.