article_snippet: Museums give a snapshot of the past but
article_snippet: Museums static displays struggle to truly emulate what it would have been like to live in an ancient era.
article_snippet: Now an archaeologist is hoping to merge the present with the past using augmented reality to make people feel as if people have travelled back in time.
article_snippet: Augmented reality enables us to give glimpses into the past - that are not possible if you are just walking around a site or indeed part of a city of a rural field in the middle of nowhere,' Dr Eve told MailOnline. '
article_snippet: These 'experiences' could be easily recreated within a virtual reality environment, by donning an Oculus Rift and some VR gloves we can see and touch the past.