Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Preserving cultural heritage through digital media / Yehuda E. Kalay -- Cultural heritage in the age of new media / Jeff Malpas -- The vanishing virtual : safeguarding heritage's endangered digital record / Alonzo C. Addison -- Virtual heritage : mediating space, time and perspectives / Bharat Dave -- Through form and content : new media components and cultural heritage sites management, in the Jewish traditional society / Yehuda Greenfield-Gilat -- History is 3D : presenting a framework for meaningful historical representations in digital media / Sara Roegiers, Frederik Truyen -- Chasing the unicorn? : the quest for "essence" in digital heritage / Neil Silberman -- Memory capsules : discursive interpretation of cultural heritage through new media / Janice Affleck, Thomas Kvan -- Cross-media interaction for the virtual museum : reconnecting to natural heritage in Boulder, Colorado / Elisa Giaccardi -- Experiencing the city through a historical digital system / Jose R. Kos -- Consuming heritage of the end of tradition : the new challenges of globalization / Nezar Alsayyad -- The politics of heritage authorship : the case of digital heritage collections / Fiona Cameron -- Explorative shadow realms of uncertain histories / Erik M. Champion -- Making a livable "place" : content design in virtual environment / Xiaolei Chen, Yehuda E. Kalay -- The components of engagement in virtual heritage environments / Maria Roussou -- Education tool or expensive toy? Evaluating VR evaluation and its relevance for virtual heritage / Maria Economou, Laia Pujol Tost -- Designing a virtual museum of architectural heritage / Hannah Lewi -- Place-Hampi : co-evolutionary narrative and augmented stereographic panoramas, Vijayanagara, India / Sarah Kenderdine ... [et al.] -- Digital songlines : digitising the arts, culture and heritage landscape of aboriginal Australia / Brett Leavy ... [et al.] -- Conclusion: A future for the past / Thomas Kvan.