MoM 100: Using technology to bring Mennonite history to life
Brent Wiebe with his wife, Gail (l). (Photo by John Longhurst)
It’s impossible today to see what the former Mennonite homes, schools, churches and villages in Ukraine looked like in the past—back when they were full of family, farm and business life.
But by using modern technology, Brent Wiebe is giving it a good try.
Wiebe, a member of the Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta, is using things like 3D scanning, virtual environments and computer animation to help people in the 21st century see what life was like for Mennonites over 100 years ago.
