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Written by: Ma Weijie
2020-07-14 08:00
Last update date: 2020-07-14 08:00The Hong Kong University of Education team published the third work in the "Hong Kong Educational Stories" series, "Cradle-Education in the Central and Western District", explaining the development of education in Hong Kong from a historical, social, school and architectural perspective. In terms of buildings, readers can appreciate the architecture of the former school buildings through Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies, including Central Academy, Emperor Academy, St. Paul Academy Wait, "tour" the prestigious school buildings that were destroyed by the WWII war.
Using VR technology to reproduce the old campus
The book is divided into four chapters. The first two chapters describe the history of education development, schools and school sponsoring groups in the Central and Western District. There will be a large number of precious historical photos. The third chapter describes the architectural style of the century-old school, and the fourth chapter uses interviews. To let readers know more about the life of the old school.
The biggest feature of the whole book lies in the application of AR and VR technology, which allows readers to use the mobile phone to see through the three-dimensional school building model, shuttle among them, and appreciate the architectural characteristics and unique characteristics of the former school building.
Many precious historical photos reproduce the former famous school scenery
The book is divided into four chapters. The first two chapters describe the history of education development, schools, and school sponsoring groups in the Central and Western District. These include a large number of traditional prestigious schools, such as Central Academy (now the predecessor of Huangren College), Emperor College, and St. Paul's College. There are also a large number of precious historical photos at that time, such as the group photos of students and faculty members and the old appearance of the college.
Appreciate the old appearance of former school buildings with VR technology
The third chapter is about the architectural style of the century-old school, and the biggest feature of the whole book is the application of AR and VR technology, allowing readers to use the mobile phone to see through the three-dimensional model of the famous school buildings in the past, and shuttle through them to appreciate the architectural characteristics and uniqueness of the former school buildings. Traits, including a large number of dismantled historical school buildings, such as the old appearance of the Huangren College and the Saint Paul College College destroyed by the war in the Second World War. Based on the existing pictures and plans, the authoring team rebuilt the disappeared buildings and reproduced them in front of the reader.
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In addition, the third chapter will also analyze the architectural styles of traditional famous schools in the Central and Western District from the perspective of architecture. Decorate in the style of Art Deco, and retain some neo-classical style components, etc., from the perspective of architecture to fully analyze the architectural characteristics of traditional famous schools.
The fourth chapter is to let readers know more about the life of the old school through interviews. The author team visited the traditional famous schools in the Central and Western District, visited the students and school names of the traditional famous schools, and shared the learning status of the year with the readers.
St. Paul's College, Emperor's College, Emperor's College, The Education University of Hong Kong
