Wadi Al Helo VR – A Virtual Visit to a Cultural Heritage (pp. 93–100) documents the full research arc of a VR project exploring the historic valley of Wadi al Helo in Sharjah, UAE. The publication outlines the project’s context, methods, and results, offering a citable reference for future teaching, replication, and cross-institutional collaboration.

Developed collaboratively, the work demonstrates how immersive technologies can support cultural heritage preservation while providing reusable research pipelines—from field capture and modeling to narrative assembly and dissemination. These workflows contribute to curriculum development, student capstones, and collaborative projects.

The publication also reinforces the integration of research into teaching and scholarship, validating methods through peer review and enabling broader access through partnerships with universities, festivals, and cultural institutions.
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