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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 service that creates explorable virtual recreations of a funeral service using 360 degree photography (otherwise known as VR photography). Marketed towards US military veterans and their families, for those who are unable to attend a veteran's…

A video panel designed to be installed in a gravestone, which plays video tributes to the deceased person. The system is powered by a battery charged from a solar panel that covers the screen when it is not in use.

An audiovisual display system embedded in a gravestone and operated by a remote control device. The patent for the system describes it as follows: "A tombstone for communicating audio and visual data related to the deceased from the tombstone to a…

A design concept for a burial ground at Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol, England, which won the Arnos Vale Future Cemetery Design Competition in 2016. The concept takes the form of a forest path in which a network of "anaerobic memorial vessels" are…

A mobile app that allows the user to set a GPS location as a memorial place for a deceased person. When friends or family visit the location with the app, they can use their phone to see a photograph of the deceased person superimposed on the…

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 crowdsourced online database of genealogical records, including details about cemeteries and graveyards as well as census and legal records. Cemetery records include photographs of headstones and transcriptions of the information available on or…

A custom-made granite headstone (or other memorial object) featuring a QR code that links to an online memorial page. The memorial page can receive and display text, photos, video recordings, comments and sharing links to social media sites.

A location-based videogame for iOS and Android mobile devices. It displays a map of the world scattered with nodes that represent the location of virtual characters (Pokémon) and item. To collect a Pokémon or item, the player must physically travel…