Monday, April 18, 2022, Tishk International University, both departments of Architecture, collaboratively with the Digital Cultural Heritage Center at Sulaimani Polytechnic University and Nahrein Network, organized a workshop entitled “ XR Technologies for Preserving and Re-Imagining Our Past” in our university’s conference hall.
The workshop consisted of four sessions, including:
- “How VR and AR technologies are changing our world.” Presented by Dr. Rozhen Kamal, Director of DCH Center and Co-Director of our Nahrein Network. She introduced the XR to the participants.
- “A new approach in architecture education,” presented by Dr. Hozan Latif Rauf from Tishk International University, emphasized the possibilities of applying XR in architectural education.
- Participants in this session tested both AR & VR projects done by the DCH by both the students and the academic staff of TIU-S.
- The fourth session was sharing the experiences of the XR tools by the students and instructors and listening to the suggestions regarding how XR can be a possible tool to be applied in our education.
The attendees warmly welcomed the workshop.