Erasmus+ 2025:
The Sky Is the Limit - Astronomical Storytelling with iPad&VR

#TheSkyIstheLimit

Objective 2: Enhancing new technologies and innovative learning methods/Virtual Reality, 3D
Project Name: The Sky Is the Limit 
Project partner: Istituto Tecnico Technologico Statale Alessandro Volta, Perugia, Italy

Activities:

  • Reading excerpts from Dante's The Divine Comedy, Part III Paradiso
  • Virtual Collaboration, January 2025
  • Workshop week in Ylitornio, February 2025:  Creating digital stories inspired by the poem using VR and 3D

Results

Before the workshop week participants (23 in total) read and analysed excerpts from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, part III, Paradiso. Their goal was to create a virtual 3D landscape inspired by Dante's journey and the celestial bodies described in the poem - Jupiter, Venus, moon spots, comets... faith, light, enlightenment.  During the workshop week, which was organised in Finland, the participants created 5 digital stories using VR tools. 

Articles: LinkedIn, Instagram (#SkyIstheLimit)

Technology: iPad, Apple Pencil, Showbie, Keynote, Unity, 3DVista, Open AI ChatGPT