A £5.6m (US$6.8m, €6.4m) project to develop a virtual reality museum platform has been unveiled.
The Museums in the Metaverse project is hoped to allow both professionals and amateurs to become “virtual curators”, building virtual and mixed-reality environments which can include 3D-scanned objects from collections.
Online visitors will then be able to visit these spaces via a VR headset from anywhere in the world.
The project is based in the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts & Humanities, and is funded by the UK Government’s... More from Museums and Heritage
A £5.6m (US$6.8m, €6.4m) project to develop a virtual reality museum platform has been unveiled.
The Museums in the Metaverse project is hoped to allow both professionals and amateurs to become “virtual curators”, building virtual and mixed-reality environments which can include 3D-scanned objects from collections.
Online visitors will then be able to visit these spaces via a VR headset from anywhere in the world.
The project is based in the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts & Humanities, and is funded by the UK Government’s... More from Museums and Heritage
