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A prototype wearable electronic system designed to facilitate a self-guided audio tour of Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia. The system comprises a backpack with a tablet computer and personal GPS tracking system, a set of headphones and a…

A prototype soundscape installation for a heritage site in the Italian Alps, comprising the remains of a fortified camp and trenches from World War I, at which soldiers who died in the war had been buried. To use the soundscape, a visitor to the site…

A prototype digital application that collates photographs of gravestones taken by smartphone with their GPS-based latitude and longitude to automatically create a detailed map of the cemetery. The smartphone user annotates each photo with details…

A three-dimensional scale model of the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy, home to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Camposanto Monumentale (Monumental Cemetery). The model is designed to allow blind or visually impaired people to gain an…

A three-dimensional hologram of a tree that is designed for use at a cemetery or other memorial space, to allow users to express their sorrow at the death of their loved ones. Users interact with the tree by sending short text messages to its…

A prototype augmented reality (AR) application designed for use at Bukit Brown Cemetery in Singapore. The app runs on an Android mobile device and is designed to recognise landmarks such as tombstones when they are presented to the camera, using a…

A temporary networked system that was set up at a legacy cemetery in Cambridge, UK, to encourage visitors to engage with the cemetery in new ways. The system comprised indoor and outdoor components. The outdoor components were mobile devices given…

A prototype media installation designed to create the appearance of a stone gravestone with moving imagery on its face. The prototype was made out of a wooden frame and transparent acrylic sheet painted to look like stone, with imagery back-projected…

A customised metal plaque that affixes to a gravestone and features a QR code that links to an online memorial page. The memorial page can display text, photos, video and audio recordings, and a custom Google Map that points to the grave's location.…

A piece of wearable jewellery that is associated with one or more persons who are buried at the cemetery. The jewellery piece is designed to be worn by a visitor, and grows warmer as the visitor approaches the site of its associated grave, until…