2024-05-01T19:36:14-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150153254/virtual-reality-used-to-recreate-historic-theatre Sean Joyner 2019-08-19T19:55:00-04:00 >2019-08-20T00:01:46-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8e/8ee050cca232d20b1f98090465abdf13.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>With no photographic evidence of the theatre from when it first opened, Dr Arrighi and her team have scoured archival eyewitness accounts and architectural floor plans to recreate the theatre in the virtual world.</p></em><br /><br /><p>A group of researchers at University of Newcastle are working to recreate the Victoria Theatre, which opened in 1891. The effort is part of the <em>Lost Theatres Project</em> involving, 12 universities from across Australia and run by AusStage, a national performance database that provides open access to live performance from 1789 to today.</p>