Egyptian Oracle Project

Robyn Gillam is Lecturer in the Department of Humanities at York University, Canada.Jeffrey Jacobson is an Education Associate at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, USA. He is Executive Director of PublicVR (http://publicvr.org).

An interesting and innovative work that succeeds in bringing together the sometimes hazardous coupling of virtual reality and ancient history.

• IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsBackground to the Project and This BookIntroduction (Robyn Gillam, York University, Canada, and Jeffrey Jacobson, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, USA)PART I The Egyptian OracleChapter 1: Historical Foundations (Robyn Gillam)Chapter 2: Cross-Cultural Analysis (Robyn Gillam)Chapter 3: The Virtual Temple of Horus and Its Egyptian Prototypes (Robyn Gillam)PART II The PerformanceChapter 4: Technical Description (Jeffrey Jacobson)Chapter 5: Mixed Reality Theater and the Oracle (Josephine Anstey and David Pape, University of Buffalo, New York, USA)Chapter 6: Educational Purpose and Results (Jeffrey Jacobson)PART III The TechnologyChapter 7: Puppetry and Virtual Theater (Lisa Aimee Sturz, Red Herring Puppets, Asheville, North Carolina, USA)Chapter 8: Introduction to Virtual Heritage (Erik Champion, Curtin University, Perth, Australia)Chapter 9: The Virtual Temple: Construction and Use (Jeffrey Jacobson)Conclusion (Robyn Gillam and Jeffrey Jacobson)Appendix A: A Funeral Procession in Modern Rural Egypt (Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner)Appendix B: After-Show QuestionnaireReferencesIndex