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On the occasion of the Brno Cultural Forum 2023, a small virtual guide to the premises of the Divadlo na Orlí (Theatre on Orlí street), which hosted the event, was created.

Currently it is possible to see the former Jesuit college in Telč (17th century) through a virtual guide. The building is now operated by the MU University Centre, which offers not only a number of (barrier-free) classrooms of various sizes, and lecture halls, but also its own accommodation facilities in the attic.

Charles University has launched its first virtual guide that maps the accessibility of one of the university’s buildings, namely the space used by students, applicants, employees and graduates for basic organisational and technical agenda – UK Point in the historic building at 13 Celetná Street. The virtual guide is available here http://ipc1.cuni.cz/ccprohlidka/.

The City of Bratislava and the Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava also use the virtual guide to map visual smog, offering a simulation of “with smog” and “without smog” conditions. More on the MIB website https://mib.sk/reklama-nasa-vsadepritomna-ako-sa-tu-vzala-a-co-s-tym-vieme-urobit/, the virtual guide itself is available here https://mib.sk/vizualny-smog/.

The City of Bratislava and the Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava, as part of the revitalisation of the historic city bath, are offering participants in an architectural competition a virtual guide to the entire complex. You can find it here: https://grossling.sk/virtualnaprehliadka.

Slovak Technical University in Bratislava is preparing a virtual guide of Faculty of Architecture building. The building is architectonically valuable and is registered as National Historic Landmark. It has varying floor plans with multi-level layout even within a single floor. Therefore, it is not the most straightforward building for independent movement of persons with physical disabilities.

Masaryk University is preparing another virtual guide as part of UniAll project (Accessibility of Higher Education for Students with Special Needs). This time, it maps distinctive architectonic elements in the Rectorate’s historical building. It will be available in the upcoming weeks together with other virtual guides of Masaryk University buildings (link).

We are launching web-based portal as part of UniAll project (Accessibility of Higher Education for Students with Special Needs (link) with the cooperation of three universities (Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, Slovakia; Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic; and D’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy). The purpose of the portal is to gather information on more…