Exploring an Asian Heritage through Virtual Reality and Digital Twin in the Post- Digital Age

Abstract

Virtual Reality (VR) and the concept of Digital Twin (DT) encompass a range of technologies that blend the physical and virtual worlds, finding applications in various fields. These technologies offer new ways to visualize and interact with data and environments, including Virtual Reality (VR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR). Our VR research-creation methodology seeks to present new methods for preserving cultural heritage, creating VR heritage preservation applications with the assistance of AI. It outlines how the heated debate technology assists the project and proposes a framework that empowers other academics to develop projects in a similar field. The article ends with proposed ideas that engage diaspora communities in the discussion and use the mentioned technologies as tools of migrant studies and diasporic identities, a new paradigm shift in studying heritage.