Digital Recreation Research Articles

Goguryeo Tomb Murals in Ji’an: Visual Representation and Educational Practice

This study focuses on the visual symbolic features of the Goguryeo tomb murals in Ji’an and their application value in modern art education. It aims to explore innovative pathways for cultural symbols in educational transformation. Created between the 4th and 7th centuries, the Ji’an Goguryeo murals showcase the religious beliefs, social structure, and aesthetic ideals of the ancient Goguryeo Kingdom, forming an essential part of East Asian historical and cultural heritage. Although extensive research has been conducted on the historical and artistic value of these murals, their role in the educational transmission and transformation of heritage symbols remains underexplored. Using semiotic analysis, this study examines these mural symbols’ forms, functions, and cultural meanings, analyzing their digital re-creation within modern educational contexts. It further evaluates how these re-created symbols enhance students’ cross-cultural understanding, artistic expression, and creative capacities. The results demonstrate that digital creation endows traditional symbols with new interactivity and expressiveness within education, reinforcing students’ cultural identity and offering fresh insights for art and design education. This study provides theoretical and practical support for the application and innovation of traditional cultural symbols in digital education, expanding the scope of cultural heritage within contemporary education.

A meta-analysis of self-regulation and digital recreation from birth to adolescence

There is good reason to implicate self-regulation in our digital recreation duration, choices, and behaviours. However, the direction, degree, and diversity of their association is unclear. To offer more robust and nuanced evidence to this issue of acute public concern, the current study presents a comprehensive meta-analysis of the associations between self-regulation and digital recreation from birth to adolescence – consolidating 183 studies reporting 232 associations from 234,476 children and adolescents. Across these studies, digital recreation clustered into investigations of screen time, features of problematic digital engagement, exposure to violent content, communicating with strangers online, sexting, and media multitasking. Although a pattern of negative bivariate associations was observed between self-regulation and aspects of digital recreation, the strength of association for screen time was weak (r = −.04 for computer use to r = −.15 for social media use). Once control variables were considered, relationships with exposure to violent digital content were rendered similarly trivial, suggesting other variables likely account for these correlations. This reduces our confidence in these associations. In contrast, lower self-regulation was more highly associated with problematic engagement (r = −.28 for problematic gaming to r = −.41 for problematic mobile phone use), communicating with strangers online (r = −.18), and sexting (r = −.20). This pattern of results points to a relationship that is variable by type of digital activity, which in our meta-analyses ranged from null to strong and negative. Where a relationship exists, it may be bi-directional given associations remained for longitudinal studies that positioned either self-regulation or digital recreation as predictor. Most moderators of these associations were non-significant, although the negative association of self-regulation with time spent gaming was increasingly strong with increasing participant age. This study instigates a disentangling of the nature of the relationship between self-regulation and digital choices and behaviours across the early stages of life.

The Rise of Gaming Nations

The article illuminates a paradigm shift in the digital landscape, where blockchain technology, Web 3.0, and gaming communities converge to redefine socio-economic dynamics. By examining the emergence of “Gaming Nations,” this article explores how virtual environments have transcended mere leisure, evolving into thriving economic ecosystems. Through case studies, including the transformative impact of Yield Guild Games during the COVID-19 crisis, the article demonstrates how guilds, traditionally formed for gameplay, are becoming veritable businesses. The integration of blockchain assets, particularly Non-Fungible Tokens, as essential elements of gameplay, blurs the boundaries between digital recreation and traditional economic activities. By envisioning a future where digital homes hold equivalent significance to physical residences, the article provokes contemplation on the changing landscape of human interaction and productivity. This comprehensive analysis offers a forward-looking perspective on the potential socio-cultural and economic impacts of this burgeoning phenomenon at the intersection of gaming, blockchain, and Web 3.0 technologies.

Digital Resurrection: Challenging the Boundary between Life and Death with Artificial Intelligence

The advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses challenges in the field of bioethics, especially concerning issues related to life and death. AI has permeated areas such as health and research, generating ethical dilemmas and questions about privacy, decision-making, and access to technology. Life and death have been recurring human concerns, particularly in connection with depression. AI has created systems like Thanabots or Deadbots, which digitally recreate deceased individuals and allow interactions with them. These systems rely on information generated by AI users during their lifetime, raising ethical and emotional questions about the authenticity and purpose of these recreations. AI acts as a mediator between life, death, and the human being, enabling a new form of communication with the deceased. However, this raises ethical issues such as informed consent from users and the limits of digital recreation. Companies offer services like the Digital Resurrection of deceased individuals and the generation of hyper-realistic avatars. Still, concerns arise about the authenticity of these representations and their long-term emotional impact. Interaction with Thanabots may alter perceptions of death and finitude, leading to a potential “postmortal society” where death is no longer viewed as a definitive end. Nevertheless, this raises questions about the value of life and the authenticity of human experiences. AI becomes a bridge between the living and the dead, partially replacing rituals and mystical beliefs. As technology advances, there will be a need for greater transparency in interacting with AI systems and ethical reflections on the role of these technologies in shaping perceptions of life and death. Ultimately, the question arises of whether we should allow the dead to rest in peace and how to balance the pursuit of emotional relief with authenticity and respect for the memory of the deceased. A deeper ethical consideration is needed on how AI alters traditional notions of life, death, and communication in contemporary society. In this research, an interdisciplinary approach was utilized to conduct a comprehensive systematic review of the recent academic literature, followed by a detailed analysis of two key texts. Central ideas were extracted, and recurring themes were identified. Finally, a reflective analysis of the findings was conducted, yielding significant conclusions and recommendations for future research.

Simulacra and historical fidelity in digital recreation of lost cultural heritage: Reconstituting period materialities for the period eye

The advancement of digital technologies in art history has opened avenues for reconstructing lost or damaged cultural heritage, a need highlighted by the deteriorated state of many artworks from the 1785 Salon. Grounded in the concept of the “Period Eye” by art historian Michael Baxandall, which emphasizes understanding artworks within their original historical and cultural contexts, this study proposes a subfield focused on Reconstituting Period Materialities for the Period Eye. This methodology bridges comprehensive historical research with generative visual artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, facilitating the creation and immersive virtual reality viewing of artworks. Beyond mere visual replication, the approach aims to recreate the material and textural realities of the period, thereby enabling contemporary audiences to experience these works as they were originally perceived. The process includes replicating building materials using Quixel Megascans, employing AI for generating images of lost artworks, and utilizing normal maps for simulating painting textures, all contributing to an authentic reconstruction of the Salon’s ambiance and materiality. This approach, met with some skepticism from traditional historians and archeologists, asserts that such digital reconstitution, backed by rigorous empirical research and detailed period-specific datasets, yields reconstructions of greater historical accuracy and contextual richness. This mirrors strides in sound archeology, endorsing a similar empirical approach in visual material recreation. The significance of this study is underscored by its potential to enrich our comprehension of historical artworks through a “Period Eye,” blending historical insights with modern technological innovation for a deeper understanding and appreciation of cultural heritage.

Digital resurrection of historical figures: A case study on Mary Sibley through customized ChatGPT

<p>This study investigates the emerging realm of digital resurrection, focusing on Mary Sibley (1800–1878), the esteemed founder of Lindenwood University. The core objective was to demonstrate the capability of advanced artificial intelligence, specifically a customized version of ChatGPT, in revitalizing historical figures for educational and engagement purposes. By integrating comprehensive diaries from Sibley with Claude 2.0, the research utilized a substantial autobiographical dataset to develop a GPT beta version that replicates her distinct voice and tone. The incorporation of her official portrait and diaries into the GPT Builder was pivotal, creating an interactive platform that accurately reflects her perspectives on critical issues such as gender roles, women’s education, and religious beliefs. This approach signifies a considerable advancement from previous methods of historical engagement, offering a more dynamic and immersive learning experience. The collaboration with the university archivist was instrumental in refining the AI to align closely with the known worldview of the subject, showcasing the significance of expert input in achieving authenticity in digital recreations. The successful implementation of this project illuminates the potential for future research in digital resurrections, especially for historical figures with extensive personal writings. It underscores the necessity of interdisciplinary collaboration, involving both historical expertise and technological innovation, to ensure the accuracy and ethical representation of such figures. The results from this study contribute significantly to the field of digital humanities, proposing a novel approach to historical education and interactive learning.</p>

A synthetic segmentation dataset generator using a 3D modeling framework and raycaster: a mining industry application.

Many industries utilize deep learning methods to increase efficiency and reduce costs. One of these methods, image segmentation, is used for object detection and recognition in localization and mapping. Segmentation models are trained using labeled datasets; however, manually creating datasets for every application, including deep-level mining, is time-consuming and typically expensive. Recently, many papers have shown that using synthetic datasets (digital recreations of real-world scenes) for training produces highly-accurate segmentation models. This paper proposes a synthetic segmentation dataset generator using a 3D modeling framework and raycaster. The generator was applied to a deep-level mining case study and produced a dataset containing labeled images of scenes typically found in this environment, therefore removing the requirement to create the dataset manually. Validation showed high accuracy segmentation after model training using the generated dataset (compared to other applications that use real-world datasets). Furthermore, the generator can be customized to produce datasets for many other applications.

Architectural Reply for Smart Building Design Concepts Based on Artificial Intelligence Simulation Models and Digital Twins

Artificial Intelligence (AI) simulation models and digital twins (DT) are used in designing and treating the activities, layout, and functions for the new generation of buildings to enhance user experience and optimize building performance. These models use data about a building’s use, configuration, functions, and environment to simulate different design options and predict their effects on house function efficiency, comfort, and safety. On the one hand, AI algorithms are used to analyze this data and find patterns and trends that can guide the design process. On the other hand, DTs are digital recreations of actual structures that can replicate building performance in real time. These models would evaluate alternative design options, the performance of the building, and ways to improve user comfort and building efficiency. This study examined the important role of intelligent building design aspects, such as activities using multi-layout and the creation of particular functions based on AI simulation models, in developing DT-based smart building systems. The empirical data came from a study of architecture and engineering firms throughout the globe using a CSAQ (computer-administered, self-completed survey). For this purpose, the study employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the hypotheses and build the relationship model. The research verifies the relevance of AI-based simulation models supporting the creation of intelligent building design features (activities, layout, functionalities), enabling the construction of DT-based smart building systems. Furthermore, this study highlights the need for further exploration of AI-based simulation models’ role and integration with DT in smart building design.

Deep Nostalgia: Remediated memory, algorithmic nostalgia and technological ambivalence

Digital recreations of the past, and of the deceased, are part of the Internet’s present. They circulate within social networks where logics of connection and connectivity underpin increasingly performative memory work. In this article we explore these developments through a case study of the MyHeritage deep learning feature, Deep Nostalgia. Our analysis is informed by a close critical study of Deep Nostalgia creations, and discourses circulating around them, shared on Twitter during the two-week period following its launch, February 2021 (n.6935). We examine how memory is evoked, framed, re-worked and distorted through algorithmic processes, and within social networks in particular, and explore what this tells us about peoples' need to connect with their pasts. First, we analyse how the shift from photo to video ‘revives’ the dead via a process that we have termed ‘remediated memory’. Second, we explore the affective dimensions and resonances of Deep Nostalgia creations. In doing so, we introduce the concept of ‘algorithmic nostalgia’ to describe the ways nostalgia is generated, organised and exploited through Deep Nostalgia’s automated and recursive algorithmic mechanisms. Third, we interrogate the ways social media logics shape the use and influence of these outputs. Our study’s scholarly contribution is at the intersection of memory, automation, and algorithms. We highlight the importance of studying the ambivalence of emerging media at their nexus with memory studies and, critically, of attending to the ways corporate interests increasingly shape – and assimilate – these activities.

Application of Motion Capture Technology in the Digital Recreation of Tang Dynasty Mural Art: A Case Study of Han Xiu’s Tomb

Application of Motion Capture Technology in the Digital Recreation of Tang Dynasty Mural Art: A Case Study of Han Xiu’s Tomb

Dijital Turizmde Sanal Rekreasyon Uygulamalarının Akıllı Şehirler Perspektifinden Analizi

The rapid development of technology in recent years has enabled the widespread use of virtual reality and augmented reality concepts in the tourism sector. These technological innovations are leading to a significant transformation in tourism and recreational activities. In this context, the aim of this study is to determine the scope of the digital recreation concept created using virtual reality and augmented reality infrastructure and to examine virtual recreation applications in digital tourism through smart cities. In line with this aim, virtual recreation applications carried out in smart cities in Turkey have been analyzed. Virtual reality and augmented reality can be effectively used in the tourism sector, particularly in the recreation field. These technological innovations enable tourists to explore destinations before travel, experience different things during travel, and revive their memories after travel. Additionally, virtual recreation activities are considered an important leisure activity that offers social and psychological benefits for tourism. However, it has been found that the current smart city applications do not yet provide sufficient application for virtual recreation activities. Existing smart city applications in Turkey provide an important opportunity for accelerating digitalization in the tourism sector. In this context, deductions have been made on virtual recreation activities concerning the basic features of smart city applications. As a result, virtual reality and augmented reality technologies have a significant impact on the tourism sector. Virtual recreation applications in digital tourism through smart cities can play an important role in accelerating digitalization in the tourism sector. Therefore, effective use of these technologies by stakeholders in the tourism sector and integration of smart city applications into the digitalization process of the tourism sector are crucial.

Application of motion capture technology in the digital recreation of Tang Dynasty mural art: a case study of Han Xiu's Tomb

Application of motion capture technology in the digital recreation of Tang Dynasty mural art: a case study of Han Xiu's Tomb

Poe in Richmond: Creating a Virtual Poe Collection

Poe in Richmond: Creating a Virtual Poe Collection

Envisioning postmortal futures: six archetypes on future societal approaches to seeking immortality

ABSTRACT Death is a core feature of the human experience and a main driver of civilisational endeavours. Attempts to transcend it have propelled the emergence of a postmortal society in the twenty-first century, where people have looked into the various possibilities to achieve some form of immortality. While research on the postmortal society and the futures of death have examined the social practices for death transcendence in the present and outlined some possibilities for the future, discussion remains rare on the various ways this quest for immortality can reconfigure societal worldviews, institutions and practices. By analysing data obtained from a literature review on the sociology of immortality and the futures of death, an expert roundtable and 18 semi-structured interviews, six archetypal postmortal futures were developed: Digital Recreation, Transhumanism, Memorialisation-based Postmortality, Biological Life-extension, Back to the Earthly Realm, and Unity with the Cosmos. This article argues that paradigmatic societal changes shape the immortality-seeking practices that emerge in a given spatiotemporal context. The future-oriented perspective contributes to the literature on the sociology of immortality by discussing both how some postmortal futures may increase inequalities in the pursuit of immortality and how these futures, as a whole, represent future societal attitudes towards death.

The Perczel Project (2007–2019)

Abstract. Hungarian presenters gave several papers on this project at cartographic conferences and published articles on the state of the work in the past decade. The project undertaken by the Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) serves the saving of cultural heritage, namely a globe, a significant work of art. The project is named after its maker, Perczel. The work, which lasted for more than ten years with interruptions, was crowned by the birth of three imposing artistic copies of the globe. This part of the project completed in half a year was organized by the Archiflex Studio and led by Zsuzsanna Lente, restorer artist. The first copy decorates the office of the Hungarian prime minister in the former Carmelite cloister in the Buda Castle. The second copy is placed in the National Széchényi Library, where the original globe is kept. The third copy went to the University Library of ELTE. The physical embodiment of the globe makes it a real public property: Perczel’s globe is a work of art that represents great scientific and cultural values.The present paper reviews shortly the manuscript globe made by Perczel in 1862, and presents the stages of the digital re-creation and restoration of the globe map carried out at the Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics at ELTE, which led to its physical reconstruction, the birth of its artistic copies. Finally, some cartographic “juicy bits” follow: the representation of non-existent “ghost” islands on the globe and some interesting graphical solutions that are unusual today.

Julia Ward Howe, Maud Howe, and an Archival Legacy: Recordkeeping and the Library of Women’s Books at the 1884 Cotton Centennial

Abstract In 1884–85, the city of New Orleans hosted a world’s fair, meant to show a New South that was unified within the whole of the United States. One facet of this welcoming vision was a Woman’s Department, where Julia Ward Howe and daughter Maud Howe gathered a literary exhibition, a library of books by women. Maud Howe left the books to the city of New Orleans, but she and her mother also left a legacy of the library’s contents in a shelf list naming the some 1,400 books. This is the story of that list, its survival set within archival theory, its survival dependent on the recordkeeping of the Howes, its affordance today of a digital recreation of the library, and its reinsertion as a once obscured placeholder within the timeline of women’s libraries.

Elektronik Boş Zaman Uygulamaları "Sanal Rekreasyon" mudur yoksa "Dijital Rekreasyon" mu

In the study, it is aimed to clarify whether electronic leisure applications, which have become a form of leisure time in today’s world, should be handled within the context of virtual recreation or digital recreation. The necessary data have been obtained by scanning secondary sources. The scans have been made within the framework of the concepts of “leisure”, “recreation”, “electronic leisure”, “virtual”, “digital”, “virtual recreation” and “digital recreation”. Accordingly, primarily virtual and digital concepts have been examined semantically, how they add a meaning to the phenomenon of recreation has been explained, and then it has been discussed which concept would be the best choice for this type of recreation. As a result of the study, it has been found that the concepts of “dijital” and “virtual” contain different meanings and add different meanings to the phenomenon of recreation. Among the findings, it is also stated that the concepts of “virtual” overlaps with the structure of the recreation phenomenon. Based on this point, the study suggests that it would be more appropriate to call the recreation type that includes electronic leisure applications as virtual recreation.

Probing Gordon Mumma's Studio Heuristic through a Digital Recreation of Mesa (1966)

Gordon Mumma (b. 1935) composed and performed music with live electronics alone or in collaboration with such central figures as John Cage, David Tudor, or Robert Ashley. This activity, closely linked to the American experimentalist tradition, grew out of his first youthful electronic essays on the University of Michigan campus, his work in Milton Cohen’s Space Theater beginning in 1957, and then at the ONCE festival from 1961. It was in Ann Arbor, Michigan that Mumma set up his first electronic music home studio, a pioneering effort that was so innovative that Mumma would publish an article on home studio building in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society in 1964. This paper traces Mumma’s studio heuristic by reporting on the results of a digital recreation project by the author, in collaboration with Francis Lecavalier (programming) and Ofer Pelz (electronic performance), of one of Mumma’s iconic live electronic works, Mesa (1966), for bandoneon and live electronics. By synthesising information culled from an electronics schematic diagram, two recordings of the work, the composer’s contemporaneous writings and published interviews, but most importantly, an email correspondence stretching over the two years that preceded the performance of Mesa at the Montreal New Musics Festival on 27 February 2017, the ‘DIY’ practices of this early live electronic creation come into focus. Mesa’s apparatus involves the following essential elements: 1) ring modulation 2) a gate matrix that only sends signals beyond a given threshold to the effects modules 3) four input channels consisting of two piezo microphones on either side of the bandoneon as well as 4) a corresponding quadraphonic output to four speakers. The author contends that in an open-ended creation like Mesa, the work’s ontology is coeval with the scope of its technical apparatus.

Sanal Gerçeklik ve Artırılmış Gerçeklik Uygulamalarının Rekreatif Faaliyetlere Yansıması: Dijital Rekreasyon

In recent years, the concepts of virtual and augmented reality, which have emerged with the rapid development of internet and technology, have started to be used in the tourism and recreation sector as well as in many other fields. Virtual reality and augmented reality practices led to change and transformation in tourism and recreation activities. In this context, the aim of the study is to determine the scope of the digital recreation concept that arises thanks to the virtual reality and augmented reality infrastructure and to classify the digital recreation activities. In line with this purpose, the concept of digital recreation, application examples of digital recreational activities were researched and digital recreation activities were classified as a result of the obtained data. The research was designed with qualitative research method and secondary data were used. According to the findings of the research, the concept of digital recreation; It is divided into two themes and sub-categories: virtual reality based digital recreation and augmented reality based digital recreation. In the study, it was determined that virtual reality-based digital recreation activities occur mostly in sportive, cultural and natureoriented areas, and augmented reality-based digital recreation activities occur in sportive, cultural and artistic areas respectively.

(Con)figurações do historiador em um tempo marcado pela disrupção tecnológica

O presente artigo tem por objetivo observar algumas das práticas que podem ser incorporadas pelos historiadores ante as possibilidades da chamada “era digital”. Analisamos, em parte, a relação das ciências humanas com os computadores, entendendo-a como um exercício de entusiasmo e de conservação, na medida em que as tecnologias são tomadas ora como uma potência de futuro, ora como a responsável pela dissolução do nosso campo profissional. Trabalhamos, também, com certas pressões sofridas pela disciplina histórica e o consequente anseio por se atualizar, tendo em vista o recente estudo de Valdei Araujo e Mateus Pereira acerca do “atualismo”. A disrupção tecnológica parece estar formando novas identidades para a história e para os historiadores, sendo capaz de alargar as suas fronteiras e reinventar as suas tradições. Projetos criados para a internet, por exemplo, de canais no YouTube a podcasts, surgem como novas formas de atuação, e representam as (con)figurações do historiador em um tempo marcado pela inovação. Por fim, discutimos brevemente a disciplinação de novos campos ou movimentos teóricos, como são os casos das humanidades digitais e da história digital. Há razão em circunscrever o digital em limites disciplinares? Argumentamos que as recriações digitais do passado, estimuladas pelo que há de mais sofisticado no universo das novas tecnologias, devem inspirar a imaginação histórica, estando sempre desprendidas dos imperativos da disciplina.