Path of life in mixed reality
Marieke C. Vissers, F Feng Wang, SE Ehsan Baha, Jun Hu, Matthias Rauterberg · 2012
Abstract. This paper presents a new direction of research in cultural compu-ting: symbolic cultural heritage. The problem addressed is drawing on results from different disciplines: religion, sociology, design, and engineering sciences to create an interactive installation that enable visitors to experience deeply routed cultural dimensions. Based on seven Christian rituals several interactive stages are described: (1) the gateway of origin and entering, (2) the gateway of opening up, (3) the gateway of union, (4) the gateway of connection, (5) the gateway of creation, (6) the gateway of letting go & maturing, and (7) the gate-way of farewell & destination.. Hence cultural computing is based on a form of cultural translation that uses scientific and engineering methods to capture and represent essential aspects of a particular culture to support cultural develop-ment.