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Old 24th February 2005, 10:03 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Now you really can speak to the dead...

Macabre, but this use of augmented reality tourism is almost exactly that the one that began this thread -- an ancestor program...
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from technovelgy.com

Augmented Reality Cemetary Tour

An Augmented Reality tour of Atlanta's Oakland cemetary will let the dead speak to visitors. In a recent trial run, users carried laptops in backpacks and used game controllers to navigate the cemetary.

At specific grave sites, visitors listened to the voices of the first person buried in Oakland, a child who lived during the Civil War and a local historian who died in 2000. The historian's voice was the real thing; the others (obviously) were dubbed.
More at:

http://www.technologyreview.com/arti...elio021505.asp

All it needs more is for the viewer to immerse themselves completely in the time period of the dead person.
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