Michelle Rebaleati uses virtual reality to archive digital collections in the library at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her projects include mural tours, anthropological artifacts and first person experiences. These projects have the power to bring people back in time to visit places, interact with things and even relive the memories of people. She believes libraries aren't the only place for cataloguing this media -- Technology has allowed us all to build and preserve our own digital records for generations to come.
Michelle is a Multimedia Production Specialist in the @One Digital Media Services of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. In addition to her engineering roles for university-related media events, Michelle is a content producer in digital video, audio, and most recently, virtual reality.
Her position allows her to gain an advanced knowledge of the technologies offered to students and faculty. This led Michelle to focus on virtual reality, specifically in a cultural preservation capacity. Her projects include documenting immersive experiences at Burning Man and archiving Reno’s public street art in an interactive VR application.
Michelle is an advocate for the spread and advancement of VR in pragmatic use-cases. She believes in VR as an empathy machine, capable of sharing first-person experiences that allow us to virtually walk a mile in each other’s shoes. She shares this viewpoint in her award winning documentary “Walking With Reality.”
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
