Causley's inspirational environment was recreated by 360° images taken in his home and in various locations in the town and also 360° videos were recorded between these locations to allow movement along paths which the poet walked on a daily basis. Loco-descriptive poems provide a basis for the spatial exploration of the town with interactive narratives based on traversing multiple trajectories. As poems written by Causley were loco-descriptive (topographical) and described various objects and places in Launceston, the approach proposed in this research relies on this paradigm. This paper uses a case study of Charles Causley, a Cornish poet, to propose a new method for preserving his memory, as well as his hometown of Launceston where he spent most of his life. What is more, they do not help to protect from oblivion the environment which once surrounded an artist and was a source of inspiration for their work.

These methods, however, are intangible and if not passed to next generations may be lost or forgotten.

The aim of this application is to develop the interest not only in the Causley’s biography but also in literary output of the poet.Ĭultural memory of local artists and poets is typically cultivated through festivals devoted to these people usually by way of commemorations on the anniversaries of their deaths, and are held in places in which they lived and worked. Still and video panoramas are elements that create a branching narrative. Still panoramas localised at decision-making points were linked by using video panoramas (360-degree video), which were recorded with a spherical video camera – Ladybug2 mounted on a motorised wheelchair. The user of the interactive application based on Adobe Flash plug-in and Lucid Viewer (panoramic viewer), take a number of narrative journeys in order to search for hidden poems, voice marks or trails signs that have references to the town. His poetry mentions a number of locations from this town and artefacts located in his house. This non-linear approach aims to give a young audience a new understanding of poetry, by exploring the poet Charles Causley’s house and the town of Launceston in England where he spent most of his life. This paper presents a method for the merging of poetry into interactive storytelling that is based on still and video panoramas.

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