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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · 12d

“Voices of the Boyne” — created by @tcdscss.bsky.social researchers, including @madshaahr.bsky.social and
@svetlanarudenko.bsky.social — showcased a new Spatial/Audio navigation intervention as a locative #AugmentedReality historical game at #CultureNightDublin! More details soon. #HorizonEurope

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Svetlana Rudenko @svetlanarudenko.bsky.social · 13d

Gamers are on the field- and Raven is always watching!🪶 “Voices of the Boyne” @logaculture.bsky.social @tcdscss.bsky.social #evaluation @madshaahr.bsky.social #locativeAR

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · 19d

Great news! 🎉 @bournemouthuni.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the TIGA Awards Excellence in Games Research Award for the #LoGaCulture project & LUTE – our authoring tool for playful cultural storytelling! 🌍🎮
👉 logaculture.eu/news-events/...
#TIGAAwards #GamesResearch #HorizonEurope

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · 23d

✨ It’s play understood as something deeply shaped by its context — the people, culture, materials, and environment that make it possible. In #LoGaCulture, we explore how games and playful practices carry local meanings and adapt to the worlds in which they unfold. #HorizonEurope

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Svetlana Rudenko @svetlanarudenko.bsky.social · Sep 5

Field work🌿 and new arrival to the Lab! @logaculture.bsky.social @madshaahr.bsky.social #TCD #SCSS Location based AR games for cultural engagement “Voices of the Boyne” #spacialAudioMusic🎶

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌿 New research! "Biotopia" is a #transmedia experience that redefines #heritage by blending humans, #animals, #landscapes & #tech, inviting visitors to explore #natureculture heritage & our entanglement with the #MoreThanHuman world 👉 logaculture.eu/news-events/... #HorizonEurope

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David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our Avebury launch last week: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... as part of @logaculture.bsky.social

Avebury stone circle visitors can learn with new games

Several organisations are involved in the apps, designed to help visitors get more from visits to Avebury.

www.bbc.co.uk

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Jul 17

🎮 LoGaCulture #AveburyAdventures launches 25–26 July at #Avebury! Play 20+ #LocativeGames by @bournemouthuni.bsky.social and @unisouthampton.bsky.social that blend #history, #myth & #AR magic! #HorizonEurope #DigitalHeritage

👉 Details: logaculture.eu/news-events/...

📍Avebury Visitor Barn, 10am–4pm

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Jul 15

🍄🌱 #LoGaCulture recently joined a network of thinkers at #DIS25's More-than-Human Design workshop 🌱🍄 How do we decenter the human without losing ethics? Is "innovation" itself at odds with sustainability? These workshops are how we rethinking our fields! #HorizonEurope

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Charlie Hargood @drchargood.bsky.social · Jul 9

At the end of this month we will be launching our work on the @logaculture.bsky.social project in an anthology of locative games at Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire. Join us! logaculture.eu/news-events/...

Avebury Adventures: Exploring Avebury through Locative Games - LoGaCulture

25th-26th July 2025, 10am-4pm, Visitor Reception Barn at Avebury Come to Avebury for the launch of a panoply of locative games! Experience history in and around the ancient landscape with games and st...

logaculture.eu

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Jul 9

🎮✨ #LoGaCulture @hsrheinmain.bsky.social researcher Yu Liu presented their paper “Design Patterns for Playful Augmented Reality” this afternoon at #DIS25 on using Microsoft #HoloLens2 to facilitate #immersion in #CulturalHeritage! #HorizonEurope

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Jul 8

♾+🥽+🎮 Today was a new tech testing day at Museu de História Natural do Funchal with colleagues from @hsrheinmain.bsky.social! All new #AugmentedReality tools to transform engagement with #NaturalMuseum exhibits. Much more coming soon! #HorizonEurope #PosthumanDesign #Natureculture

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Jul 7

Live at #DIS2025 🌿 Two #MoreThanHuman #HCI LoGaCulture papers presented today:

🌿 #Biotopia, by Marta Ferreira et al., connects museum & nature through posthuman heritage design.

🐸 #CritterConnect, by Mathilde Gouin et al., explores wearable, multispecies HCI.

#HorizonEurope #PostHuman

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Jul 6

Today is #workshop day at #DIS25! Three #LoGaCulture researchers participated in a workshop that explored #MoreThanHuman interactions: the complex interdependencies between humans, #nonhuman species, and #ecological systems in the context of contemporary crises. #HorizonEurope

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Jul 4

🔬🌿 Testing day at the #Funchal #NaturalHistoryMuseum, where visitors and researchers are engaging with and testing our new #transmedia tools for #MoreThanHuman #engagement and #storytelling! Much more coming soon! 🌳🍄🦋 #HCI #InteractionDesign #MuseumsInAction #HorizonEurope

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Jun 24

#LoGaCulture just presented at #ACM Creativity&Cognition'25! 🎮 Our pictorial paper shows how a digital game can foster inclusive, speculative engagement with Madeira’s natureculture heritage 🌿🌊🦎 #HCI #DigitalHeritage #GameDesign #SpeculativeDesign #RtD #HorizonEurope

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Jun 17

🎮🌿🏰 #LoGaCulture is thrilled to be part of the #Gaming Cluster Meeting taking place in Brussels! We're joining forces with projects like MEMENTOES, GREAT, @epic-we.bsky.social, GAME-ER, and I-GAME to explore the future of #games for #culture, #education, and #engagement. #HorizonEurope

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Jun 11

🌿 The 2025 #LoGaCulture General Assembly kicked off today! 🌍 Partners from across Europe are gathering at @sgn.one in Frankfurt, Germany, to shape the future of #gaming cultures and #CulturalHeritage. Let the exchange of ideas and creative energy begin! #HorizonEurope

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Jun 7

The #LoGaCulture team @hsrheinmain.bsky.social and the @sgn.one held the second collaborative workshop on the topic of #AugmentedReality in Museums, where 15 to 19 y/o participants gave valuable feedback on our #HoloLens #MixedReality experiences! #HorizonEurope #DigitalHeritage

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · May 27

At #BDiGRA2025, held on 20–21 May, Charlie Hargood's team @mybcu.bsky.social presented #LoGaCulture’s latest #DigitalHeritage work, including the collaborative anthology of games being developed for #Avebury and the LoGaCulture Unity Toolkit/Engine: LUTE! #HorizonEurope

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · May 16

How can tech design reflect local culture?

In #LoGaCulture, we use #EthnographicMethods to ground #HumanComputerInteraction #HCI in real, #LivedExperience — exploring how #people, place & #technology interact. #Ethnography: less about observing users, more about understanding worlds. #HorizonEurope

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · May 7

Is immersive #AR in museums making us more connected or more isolated? 🧐 New LoGaCulture research shows that it doesn’t have to be that way, demonstrating that collaborative AR can enhance communication & make learning playful again! 🎮 🔗 logaculture.eu/news-events/... #HorizonEurope

LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Apr 25

One more #SciComPT2025 #LoGaCulture bit! Our roundtable "What can #InteractiveTechnologies do for #PublicEngagement with #Science and #Tech?" explored the potential of #HCI tools for #engagement with #Nature, #ClimateChange and #MentalHealth! #DigitalHeritage #HorizonEurope

LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Apr 21

👻⏳ #Ghosts, #TimeTravel & #fantasy meet #CulturalHeritage! Our recent #FDG25 paper (presented in Graz, Austria) explores how genre #fiction fuels temporal collisions in #story-driven #LocativeGames, bringing #history to life on-site! 👉 bit.ly/4lDFWBy #HorizonEurope

LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Apr 11

Can AI help us talk to nature? 🌿🌋
At the “More-than-Human Interactions” demo at SciComPT2025, we explored tech that bridges humans with the the #nonhuman #biodiversity of Madeira. A playful, reflective look at #ecology & #innovation. 💡🌍 #SciComm #NatureTech #HorizonEurope

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