CHALLENGE
Telling the story of Yeşilova Mound's prehistoric layers through static exhibition methods felt limited.
COMPLETED PROJECT · CULTURAL HERITAGE
Yeşilova Mound Immersive Experience
An 11-minute digital journey through time
Yeşilova Mound, one of İzmir's oldest settlements, comes back to life at YU Immersive Space through an audiovisual experience. Visitors take an immersive journey into prehistoric İzmir.
APPROACH
In collaboration with the Media Centre VRLab and the Yeşilova Mound Visitor Centre, we produced an 11-minute immersive experience using Unreal Engine 5.6 and multi-surface projection.
RESULT
Visitors take an immersive journey through time into prehistoric İzmir at YU Immersive Space.
VENUE
YU Immersive Space · Yaşar University Media Centre
PARTNERS
Media Centre VRLab · Yeşilova Mound Visitor Centre
DURATION
11 minutes
TECHNOLOGY
Unreal Engine 5.6 · multi-surface projection · AI-assisted content
01 / EXPERIENCE
02 / PROJECT
Prehistoric İzmir, across four walls.
One of the first pieces of content created for the YU Immersive Space studio, the experience was produced in collaboration with the Media Centre VRLab and the Yeşilova Mound Visitor Centre.
The 11-minute experience brings the mound's historical layers and archaeological findings to life through an audiovisual narrative, taking participants on an interactive journey.
03 / IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE STUDIO
Every showing is unique.
01
Multi-surface display
Advanced projection systems turn the walls and floor into a single narrative surface.
02
Real-time production
The Unreal Engine 5.6-based infrastructure makes the viewer part of the experience — one of the first examples of its kind in Turkey.
03
Data and AI
Data streams, spatial parameters and viewer interactions make every showing different; AI adapts the experience, from visual generation to content variations.
04 / EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM
The studio is an interdisciplinary platform for digital art, performance, experience design, education and academic research. Research data and environmental information become perceptible through visual narratives spread across the space; the viewer stops being a passive observer.
