You can choose from a few of different ways to experience the 360 videos on this website.

If you have never watched 360 videos before on Vimeo, you can find a useful guide here.

On your desktop:

I invite you to put headphones on. The videos will work well on both this website and if you go to Vimeo. Select the story you want to watch. If your machine is powerful enough, increase the quality settings for crisper image. Play the video, make it full screen, and use your mouse to move around.

On your phone:

I would let you choose whether you want to have headphones in or not. Wireless would work better. Select the story you want to watch. If you can, install the Vimeo App on your device. Make the video full screen. If your device is powerful enough, increase the quality settings for crisper image.

Stand in the middle of your room with enough space around you. As the video plays, you can turn around to explore the story and animations.

If you have a portable headset such as Google Cardboard, you can watch the stories in there. I suggest you sit down on a chair and make sure you are safe. Put the headset on, play the videos, and carefully turn your head around to explore. Be mindful of your surroundings!

If you feel crafty (like all of us in this project) and are able to do so, you challenge you to make your own DIY headset. I suggest you look for inspiration at the Instructables and Wearable websites.

I invite you to a different experience of these stories. So often we pay attention to the visuals that we forget to listen. Let’s try something different!

Use a mobile device like a phone or a tablet. Put your headphones on. Lay on your bed or on your couch. If this is not available to you, sit comfortably on your chair. Press play on the story you want to watch. Close your eyes. Listen.

Pay attention to the voices. How do they sound? Can you follow their intonation? Are there changes in the pitch and loudness? Maybe you notice variations in the quality of a speaker’s voice?

What is this telling you?

Can you notice what elements of the story are particularly important to the speaker?

Can you think about why this is so? Can you relate?

These stories were made with the intention for viewers to reconnect to their own experiences of heritage sites. What are your reflections after listening with intention?