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Here’s the draft programme for an exciting colloquium event I am running jointly with English Heritage. Speakers include illustrators, researchers into ancient history and VR, and specialist from English Heritage….Read More >

At my Etsy shop you can buy a range of colourful posters like this one, showing the ancient city of Rome, and many of its buildings, taken from my digital…Read More >

I am experimenting with embedded Web GL to find a way to bring manipulable 3D models into web pages, social media, and other channels. Here is an attempt at embedding…Read More >

One of the projects I was able to visit as part of my British Academy funded project on digital visualisation was the Virtual St Paul’s Cross project at North Caroline…Read More >

We are hosting a colloquium on digital visualisation in the humanities at the University of Reading, UK on March 31st, funded by the British Academy’s Rising Star Engagement Award scheme. Final…Read More >

Reading recently hosted a digital modelling workshop, run by Matthew Nicholls and funded by the British Academy’s Rising Star Engagement Award (BARSEA) scheme. The aim of the day was to…Read More >

Digital modelling workshop for humanities researchers and educators   Day workshop on digital modelling for beginners. Monday 14th Dec, University of Reading, 10.00-17.00.     The day will introduce humanities…Read More >

I recently upgraded my OS on my desktop and iDevices, largely to enable me to shift from iPhoto to Photos. I have had a distinctly mixed experience. There’s enough about…Read More >

When I give a talk or lecture using my digital model of Rome, I am usually asked about the technicalities of how I made it. Time and differing levels of…Read More >

My interest in digital reconstruction started with making models of Roman public libraries to illustrate my DPhil thesis. Since then I have used these models and others like them to…Read More >