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The Orient at Leicester Square: Virtual Visual Encounters in the First Panoramas

Year: 2017

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: In its early days, at the turn of the nineteenth century, the panorama was arguably the most sophisticated technology of virtual reality that had yet been developed. This vast circular painting fitted into a cylindrical building aimed to offer viewers the illusion of full immersion within real environments, as if they had been instantly transported from the heart of a bustling metropolis to an exotic city or a remote wilderness. Robert Barker, who had patented the invention in 1787 and opene...

Source: Presses universitaires de Strasbourg eBooks

DOI: 10.4000/books.pus.6050

Author: Hélène Ibata

Institutions: Savoirs dans l'espace anglophone : représentations, culture, histoire, Université de Strasbourg

Language: English

Topic: Historical Art and Culture Studies

Subfield: Museology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2980353469

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