Technologies

Creating a Digital Cultural Heritage community

by Andreas Richter | Feb 9, 2020 | Announcements, Publications, Technologies | 0 |

Do you want to know what happens behind the scenes of museums, archives and libraries? Have you...

New Strategies for user angagement & digitised photographic heritage

by Andreas Richter | Feb 6, 2020 | Events, Exhibitions, Projects, Technologies | 0 |

International conference on user engagement & digitised photographic heritage Venue: Museum...

Company offers bespoke Mixed Reality Museum Tour solution using the Microsoft HoloLens

by Efstratios Geronikolakis | Dec 21, 2019 | Technologies | 0 |

By Surur While Microsoft is focussed very intently on the factory floor and design studio for the Microsoft HoloLens, the device has always been ideal for another experience – that being of a guided museum tour. This...

Auckland Museum-goers to walk on melting Antarctic glaciers in new virtual reality exhibit

by Efstratios Geronikolakis | Dec 21, 2019 | Technologies | 0 |

By Ripu Bhatia A virtual reality trip to Antarctica will allow climate change deniers to walk on melting glaciers. Launching on December 21, the The Antarctica Experience at Auckland Museum gives people the chance to explore the...

Madame Tussauds DC invigorates the storied wax museum with groundbreaking augmented reality tech

by Efstratios Geronikolakis | Nov 22, 2019 | Technologies | 0 |

By André Hereford From somewhere within the buzz of invited press touring Madame Tussauds DC’s new Alive in AR Augmented Reality Experience, an enthusiastic voice calls out, “Oh look, it’s Rihanna!” A quick swivel around reveals...

Introducing Blockchain.art by Christina Steinbrecher-Pfandt

by Stephanie Bertrand | Nov 1, 2019 | Technologies | 0 |

Why I’m building a curated crypto art market In May of 2019, I founded blockchain.art because I...

If you visit Berlin – Get the berlinHistory.App!

by Andreas Richter | Oct 28, 2019 | Projects, Technologies | 0 |

To walk through Berlin is to walk on historical ground. However, many traces of the past have...

The ‘Mona Lisa’ Experience: How the Louvre’s First-Ever VR Project, a 7-Minute Immersive da Vinci Odyssey, Works

by Efstratios Geronikolakis | Oct 24, 2019 | Technologies | 0 |

By Naomi Rea Sometimes visitors to the Louvre can have a hard time glimpsing the Mona Lisa. It’s just 30 inches tall, tucked behind a layer of bulletproof glass and, more often than not, a throng of tourists jostling to capture...

Virtual reality brings Barnes collection outside the museum and into the neighborhoods

by Efstratios Geronikolakis | Oct 24, 2019 | Technologies | 0 |

By Peter Crimmins The Barnes Foundation is using virtual reality to draw people into its world-famous galleries. The downtown Philadelphia art institution is bringing VR goggles to libraries, recreation centers and senior...