Historic Costumes

Theme: Historical Fashion, Embodied Storytelling, AR/VR Education.

Research Contribution:

  • Inquiry Focus: What role can “embodied” VR/AR play in learning about social history and fashion culture
  • Disciplines: Theater, Costume history, Educational media
  • Outputs: Interactive exhibits, Story-driven learning artifacts, And Public outreach tools

Engagement for New Students:

  • Research social context for specific decades or costumes
  • Write dialogue for animated characters and assist in motion capture
  • Experience how history is reconstructed for new audiences