Advances in virtual heritage: Conditions and caveats

Virtual heritage provides researchers with opportunities to ask new questions, gain insight into the past, and disseminate their work to an ever-increasingly digital data-hungry world. The range of VH options has dramatically expanded to include game engines, drones, intelligent agents, multifaceted smartphone apps, and all-digital handheld-device-driven documentation packages. This paper explores the pros and cons of each for real-world projects.