Our new exhibit at the historic Roman Baths features a large multi-user touchscreen by which visitors can explore all areas of the site in detail, seeing a variety of Roman characters (over one hundred of them) going about their various activities in real-time. Up to four users can select a character to reveal a cinematic view on a second screen, revealing their stories, actions and environment in more depth. The characters “living in” the table also feature in other parts of the museum, we wanted to maintain a sense of continuity whilst giving visitors the chance to engage with them in a new way.

To generate historically accurate animation, motion capture was used to record actor’s movements, which formed the basis of the final stylised animation. The exhibit gives a unique dual-perspective of the baths and its inhabitants, enhanced by 4k animation and photorealistic effects.