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University Students in Hawaii Use Cutting-Edge Technology to Digitally Restore Historic Buildings Damaged by Maui Wildfires. A new course at University of Hawaii at Manoa has enrollees design digital twins of notable structures so that people can experience them virtually.
A new course at University of Hawaii at Manoa rethinks historic preservation, having enrollees design digital twins of notable structures so that people can experience them virtually
Park contacted Kyung Hoon Hyun, a design computing specialist at Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea, to invite him to co-teach the course as a visiting professor. “I’m just excited to see how these tools are going to be used in the future, because there are a lot of tragedies where you have buildings being destroyed and the complexity of having to rebuild these physically,” says Jennifer Rodriguez Flores, a senior studying environmental design at the university. While individuals worldwide can use virtual and augmented reality to explore historical sites from home with resources like HistoryView, these technologies also enhance the in-person experience for visitors at many iconic locations.
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