Swindon born Will Hewitt offers free VR/AU event with StoryTrails, which harnesses the magic of immersive storytelling to bring to life untold stories from the past, through the magic of the 3D internet using augmented and virtual reality to reanimate public spaces in towns and cities across the UK.
Saturday 27th August 10am - 6am
Sunday 28th August 11am – 5pm
Swindon Central Library, Regent Circus, SN1
The StoryTrails app and local performers will guide you through an immersive tour of Swindon as you travel through time and space to experience the place where you live in new and magical ways.
You will explore stories across virtual and augmented reality and via a series of installations, bringing the physical and the digital together and breathing new life into your surroundings. Guided by a mobile AR app, you will be led at your own pace to different story points along a route with a choice of story trails to follow. Outside Swindon library, you will enter a virtual story portal to begin your StoryTrails experience.
Using a mix of stunning augmented reality experiences that remix the BFI and BBC archive, you will experience history where it actually happened, revitalising the streets upon which they stand with new voices and untold stories of the past. Inside the library you will be immersed and fly through a unique virtual map of Swindon made up of 3D models, and audio stories captured on location. You will also have the opportunity to explore further stories via bespoke virtual reality experiences on headsets.
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