Virtual Angkor is a digital humanities project that aims to teach users about thirteenth century Angkor by using a combination of educational posts and 3D replications of the city.
The sources for the project are numerous papers written by various historical figures and contemporary scholars. The website cites the Chinese historian Zhou Daguan’s A History of Cambodia as it’s most important resource. This paper gives a first hand perspective on what Angkor resembled from 1296 to 1297.
The goal of Virtual Angkor is to use 3D modeling software to create a full 24 hour cycle of activity in thirteenth century Angkor. Some of the processes involved in this project are the act of turning historical information into full models and the act of recording scenes throughout the simulation.
Virtual Angkor is presented through a website. Scholars involved with this project have taken small snapshots of this simulation in the form of 3D videos and uploaded them to Youtube. These videos are then embedded into the website along with teaching modules that give context to the footage.
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