Scheduled for presentation as a Late-Breaking Work at ICIDS 2025, this conference presentation explores how Interactive Digital Narratives (IDNs) combined with GenAI can make complex Neolithic topics accessible for both research and teaching. The session highlights workflows that translate field capture into interactive media, supporting curriculum development, student projects, and cross-institutional collaborations.

In the Kaleidoscopic Machines in an era of accelerated entanglements., the Art exhibition program taking place in Malta from 1–5 December 2025, as part of the 18th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS), I am presenting Al Jazeerah al Hamra DREAM immersive stereoscopic virtual reality animation project.

This project is a result of my research on cultural heritage and vernicular architecture of the United Arab Emirates and Ras Al Khaima’s Al Jazirah Al Hamrah village located on a once tidal island, a residence to pearl divers and merchants of the Gulf.  Working with sound artist Faruk Omanovic we created a journey through the vernacular architecture of the village and a dream like sequence of recollections of the past traditions and the futuristic heritage village cultural site.

Project is peer-reviewed and selected by the ICIDS Art Exhibition Curatorial Team

The ICIDS Art Exhibition is sponsored by the Gaming Malta Foundation. https://www.gamingmalta.org/