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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 digitally augmented urn, memento object or memorial plaque containing a built-in Bluetooth beacon, designed to be used in conjunction with a companion mobile app. The app contains an online profile with information, media and messages from or about…

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 porcelain plaque that affixes to a gravestone or other monument and features a built-in near field communication (NFC) chip that links to an online memorial page when scanned by a smartphone. The memorial page can display text, photos and video…

A tombstone with a large embedded digital display that displays content about the deceased person when approached by a cemetery visitor using proximity sensors. The media content may be scrolling text, video or audio.

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 design for a gravesite holographic projection system, filed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office in September 2003. The patent described the system as follows: "A system for conveying information about a deceased individual. The system…

Cemetery management software that provides visitors with an explorable orthophotographic map of the cemetery with a grave search function.