We've spent the last years telling a story, to whoever was interested in listening. We told a story about a technology from the future and our heritage from the past. Not everyone took the time to listen. But someone did. Many thanks to Lazio Innova for having endorsed the project of Oniride by admitting us to the public funding programme "Sostegno e sviluppo di imprese nel settore delle attività culturali e creative". The prospect of exploiting the cutting-edge technology of VR for the promotion, value-enhancement and digital preservation of cultural heritage has been favourably evaluated by the programme committee, which awarded us the highest score of all participants. With this financial help, we will be able to further enhance the research efforts we've already made with our own resources, by acquiring new means of production and offering employment and professional development opportunities to the girls and boys willing to believe in our project. Also thanks to LazioCreativo for being interested in getting to know us with a video-interview, hoping that it will help more people to get curious about our initiative. The Oniride team