Mapping Our History

Metagraphical Interactive worked with The Environmental Simulation Center and the Museum of Chinese in the Americas on a groundbreaking project to bring the Museum's archival collection together with pioneering multi-technology to create an innovative vehicle for community documentation, interpretation and reflection. Our company constructed a Real-Time 3D model which not only allowed museum goers to experience walking the streets of Chinatown but also served as an interface to link the rich history of Chinatown and the people and memories of its community contained within the museums archival collection of statistical and biographical data, historical photos, documents and artifacts.

The project uses information technology to stimulate a cross-cultural and intergenerational dialogue through the Museum's repository of collective memories and cultural artifacts and provide a user-friendly environment that encourages visitors to explore and contribute their own knowledge of Chinatown.

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Film & Animation

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