Diegetic elements of narrative development in MR: A case of Heritage Interpretation in Dungeon of Yedikule

Instructors:

• Leman Figen Gül
• Burak Delikanlı
• Süheyla Müge Halıcı
• Beryar Balaban

Abstract:

Step into a fortress where time has many layers—and stories beg to be retold.

In this immersive, one-week workshop, students will explore how Mixed Reality (MR) can bring to life the hidden narratives of Yedikule Dungeon, a place where empires rose and fell, treasures were kept, animals roared, and voices echoed behind prison walls. From Byzantine roots to Ottoman transformations and into the present day, Yedikule offers a rich stage for experimental heritage storytelling.Working in small creative teams, participants will learn how to design diegetic elements within MR environments, blending technology with imagination. Field explorations, hands-on modeling, and narrative design exercises will guide students as they craft site-specific experiences that reimagine the past through the lens of the future.By the end of the week, each group will present a short video prototype—an MR-enabled interpretation of Yedikule's layered history. This is a call for storytellers, coders, designers, and dreamers ready to experiment at the crossroads of memory, myth, and mixed reality.

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