{"id":18,"date":"2021-02-22T14:21:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T19:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/middletownstudies\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2021-02-22T14:44:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T19:44:58","slug":"virtual-middletown","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/middletownstudies\/home\/research-and-reports\/virtual-middletown\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Middletown"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Virtual Middletown<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-29\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/02\/22144444\/Virtual-Middletown-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/02\/22144444\/Virtual-Middletown-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/02\/22144444\/Virtual-Middletown-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/02\/22144444\/Virtual-Middletown.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Center for Middletown Studies<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0collaborated with<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts and University Libraries<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to create<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Virtual Middletown<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a 3-D\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">simulation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1920s Muncie that draws on the archival record generated by Middletown research<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0One module of the project provides a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">simulation of the Ball Glass factory from early 20th century Muncie, Indiana.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Another reproduces a Muncie performance of the Wild West, Buffalo Bill\u2019s famed touring exhibition.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">text of Middletown,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0along with photographs, film footage, oral histories, and manuscript materials make it possible to re-create\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">specific historical sites<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in virtual form and to develop interactive experiences\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that enable users to explore the social experiences connected to them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Virtual Middletown received funding from Ball State\u2019s Center for Media Design and from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. 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