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Title: Talk on Game Design, Virtual Heritage and Digital History by Professor Erik Champion

Time: 18:00-19:00, Wednesday, 12 October.

Location: Studio 8, National Centre of Creativity, Fondazzjoni Kreattività – Spazju Kreattiv, St James Cavalier, Valletta, VLT 1060, Malta

Abstract:
Professor Erik Champion of Curtin University, Australia, will discuss fundamental challenges and promises of computer game design and interactive media when designed to help the communication and preservation of digital heritage, focusing particularly on examples of built heritage. He will examine serious games designed for history and heritage, definitions and challenges of ‘virtual heritage’ and possible technical and imaginative solutions.