02339nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260008700042653002500129653002300154653002100177653001600198653002700214653002700241653003500268653003400303653001300337653003000350653001700380653002000397653002300417653002000440100001000460700001300470700001400483700001800497700001400515245005200529856011800581300001200699490000600711520123500717020002501952                                       d  bThe Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)10aArchitectural design10acultural landscape10aDigital heritage10aGame Engine10aHistorical information10aImmersive environments10aImmersive virtual environments10aIntangible cultural heritages10aIt focus10aPainting reinterpretation10aTravel notes10aUser experience10aUsers  experiences10aVirtual reality1 aQ. Xu1 aA. Brown1 aT. Moleta1 aM.A. Schnabel1 aM. Rogers00aInhabiting  Prosperous Suzhou  through Smart VR  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85091706522&partnerID=40&md5=d20b5b1f7775e13e63b90e02296df079  a173-1820 v23 aThe research investigates digital landscape heritage. It focuses on the application of Virtual Reality (VR) in a game engine. The aim is to aid the understanding and interpretation of ancient principles relating to sensitive and appropriate interaction of the built form and its associated landscape. The principles have at their root harmony of human inhabitation, the built forms and the landscape they are surrounded. This understanding can lead to re-application within a contemporary context, and the VR environment has the potential to augment and enrich it. For the first time ever, the research has reinterpreted a classical depiction of Suzhou, in an 18th-century handscroll painting, into a three-dimensional immersive virtual environment. It proposes that VR can be a way to experience and increase understanding of heritage landscapes; in our case one that now only exists in an ancient idealised painting. The reinterpretation aims to enhance the users  experience and understanding of the Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage. The spatialised scene is augmented through the integration of other historical information, such as poems and travel notes, to embed intangible aspects into the gardens and landscapes.  a9789887891741 (ISBN)