About Miidera Project
Mii-dera (三井寺,御井寺), formally called Onjō-ji (園城寺), is a Buddhist temple located at the foot of Mount Hiei, in the city of Ōtsu, in Shiga Prefecture. It is only a short distance from both Kyoto, and Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. The head temple of the Tendai Jimon sect, it is something of a sister temple to Enryaku-ji, at the top of the mountain, and is one of the four largest temples in Japan. Altogether, there are 40 named buildings in the Mii-dera temple complex.
Our project aims to capture the essence of Miidera through different mediums, including drone footage, 360 video, and virtual reality.
The Core Team
Bing Huang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Art History, Providence College
Education: Ph.D. in History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
Amanda Liu
User Experience Designer
Twitch
Education: Master of Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction, MIT