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19th-century press comes to life on Steam through VR experience

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Virtual reality app simulates printing on a 19th-century cast iron hand-press that once belonged to British designer William Morris .

RIT students and faculty created the app using Unreal Engine , a 3D graphics software tool for use with HTC Vives Virtual Reality hardware.

The project illustrates RIT 's integrated approach to technology, the arts, and design.

The Cary Graphic Arts Collection has a special connection to the Kelmscott/Goudy press, which it bought at auction at Christie's in 2013 . In addition to Morris and Goudy , Melbert B. Cary Jr.—the namesake of RIT 's special collections library—owned the press from 1932 to 1941 . Cary was the director of the Continental Type Founders Association and proprietor of the private Press of the Woolly Whale . Provided by Rochester Institute of Technology .