An augmented reality/virtual reality (ARVR) app called MovingMemory was launched at the second annual international conference of the Indian Network for Memory Studies and the Centre for Memory Studies, which was inaugurated at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) on Wednesday.
The application was developed by faculty coordinators Avishek Parui and Merin Simi Raj of the Centre for Memory Studies at the institute. It captures moving models of memory through digital reconstruction and enables the user to select any desired avatar and navigate through these three-dimensional spaces.
The ‘Memory, Ecology, and Sustainability’ conference, inaugurated on Wednesday, is being attended by over 500 participants from across India, the United Kingdom, Germany, New Zealand, Morocco, Canada, Sweden, the United States of America and Bangladesh. The meeting will examine human-centric technologies, policies of cultural memory, and sustainable development goals across the world.
