We are experimenting with the use of three.js to make websites featuring simple puzzles related to pottery, that can be experienced using VR headsets. It is hoped that these sites can be enjoyed by everyone, from the general public, including Pacific communities, to students. The sites are works in progress, so feedback is welcome.
Uvira's Pot
Agarabi speakers of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea were the only PNG highlanders to make pottery. Piece together an Agarabi vessel, and view the photo gallery of Uvira of Anonantu, making the vessel.
Read our paper on the Agarabi ceramic tradition: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416522000873?via%3Dihub.
Uvira's Pot
Agarabi speakers of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea were the only PNG highlanders to make pottery. Piece together an Agarabi vessel, and view the photo gallery of Uvira of Anonantu, making the vessel.
Read our paper on the Agarabi ceramic tradition: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416522000873?via%3Dihub.
Pacific Petrography
The minerals and rock fragments in the vessel clay walls can help tell us where the pot was made. Thin sections of pottery sherds are viewed under the microscope with plain or cross-polarised light to help identify the minerals. This site lets you match (right controller) the microscope images to the descriptions. You can use the blue rectangle buttons (left controller) to hide and show sets of images to make it easier. Match correctly and the background colour changes. This is a very memory heavy site- so may take a while to load.
The minerals and rock fragments in the vessel clay walls can help tell us where the pot was made. Thin sections of pottery sherds are viewed under the microscope with plain or cross-polarised light to help identify the minerals. This site lets you match (right controller) the microscope images to the descriptions. You can use the blue rectangle buttons (left controller) to hide and show sets of images to make it easier. Match correctly and the background colour changes. This is a very memory heavy site- so may take a while to load.
The Jars of the Pacific
The communities of PNG and the surrounding regions, make a wide range of different vessels. In this site, you can find out about the vessels of some communities, by selecting the torus (left controller trigger) and using the information and the vessel colour key to find the matching pot (right controller). Match correctly and the background colour changes. The game now works with a non-VR setup (mouse).
The communities of PNG and the surrounding regions, make a wide range of different vessels. In this site, you can find out about the vessels of some communities, by selecting the torus (left controller trigger) and using the information and the vessel colour key to find the matching pot (right controller). Match correctly and the background colour changes. The game now works with a non-VR setup (mouse).
Crinigan's Hut
Crinigan’s Hut Ruin is the only remaining small Ginninderra dwelling. Part of the original orchard is still on site in a relatively undisturbed state. The Ruin represents the housing and living conditions of the settlers who lived along Ginninderra Creek from what is now the border with NSW, to Palmerville and Ginninderra Village.
John Crinigan’s family was typical of many early rural settlers. The social significance of this place is important to his descendents, many of whom still live in the area. With descendents, the Canberra Archaeological Society excavated the site and revealed a fuller picture of life in the mid to late 1800s.
John Crinigan was a convict assigned to Palmerville.
Crinigan’s Hut Ruin is the only remaining small Ginninderra dwelling. Part of the original orchard is still on site in a relatively undisturbed state. The Ruin represents the housing and living conditions of the settlers who lived along Ginninderra Creek from what is now the border with NSW, to Palmerville and Ginninderra Village.
John Crinigan’s family was typical of many early rural settlers. The social significance of this place is important to his descendents, many of whom still live in the area. With descendents, the Canberra Archaeological Society excavated the site and revealed a fuller picture of life in the mid to late 1800s.
John Crinigan was a convict assigned to Palmerville.
