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Is it strange that I would enjoy these far more if they were embedded in a walkable version of the museum running in a game engine? Like "virtually visit a muse

Is it strange that I would enjoy these far more if they were embedded in a walkable version of the museum running in a game engine? Like "virtually visit a museum" is a lot more appealing than "look at pictures of things that are in museums".

mark_l_watson 7y ago
There are a lot of 360 style virtual reality museums and famous travel destinations that I enjoy in my Oculus Quest. I am going to send the linked URI to friends without VR gear, it is very good stuff.
xnx 7y ago
I think this is what you're looking for (though you'll need to find some discontinued hardware to run it I think): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr.museums&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr....
cbhl 7y ago
No, I feel the same way. I went to the page for SFMOMA, and honestly I feel like the architecture of the building and the arrangement of the pieces in the space totally gives it the "museum feel". The pictures of the art struck me as if they could have come out of a textbook. But exhibitions change all the time; it would be hard to keep a virtual walkable museum up-to-date with the real-world one. Plus it'd require more headcount, and more powerful gpus on the viewer side, and more edge cases wrt operating systems and browser combos to test. I saw videos of a penguin walking around an aquarium in Chicago going around, and I found that gave me more of the feeling I was looking for.
mongol 7y ago
It is better than that. Use their app and then you can put van Gogh in your living room (AR) https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/self-portrait-with-grey-felt-hat-vincent-van-gogh/PgEJ1hPIzqsM2w https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/self-portrait-with-g...
VladimirGolovin 7y ago
That would be fantastic on a 4K monitor, with the capability of zooming into the paintings and the original audioguide sound. And the soundscape please. And the ability to customize the sound of my own footsteps. I would absolutely enjoy that. Some museums have amazing architecture and feel (The Foundation of Joan Miro in Barcelona is a great example) and having that feel represented by a proper walkable 3D environment would greatly enhance the experience. I'm a bit concerned though that simulated museum visitors may break the immersion -- we haven't crossed the Uncanny Valley yet.
monadic2 7y ago
I don’t think home TVs have the capability to portray the lighting in a museum well.

mark_l_watson 7y ago

There are a lot of 360 style virtual reality museums and famous travel destinations that I enjoy in my Oculus Quest. I am going to send the linked URI to friends without VR gear, it is very good stuff.

xnx 7y ago

I think this is what you're looking for (though you'll need to find some discontinued hardware to run it I think): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr.museums&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr....

cbhl 7y ago

No, I feel the same way. I went to the page for SFMOMA, and honestly I feel like the architecture of the building and the arrangement of the pieces in the space totally gives it the "museum feel". The pictures of the art struck me as if they could have come out of a textbook. But exhibitions change all the time; it would be hard to keep a virtual walkable museum up-to-date with the real-world one. Plus it'd require more headcount, and more powerful gpus on the viewer side, and more edge cases wrt operating systems and browser combos to test. I saw videos of a penguin walking around an aquarium in Chicago going around, and I found that gave me more of the feeling I was looking for.

mongol 7y ago

It is better than that. Use their app and then you can put van Gogh in your living room (AR) https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/self-portrait-with-grey-felt-hat-vincent-van-gogh/PgEJ1hPIzqsM2w https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/self-portrait-with-g...

VladimirGolovin 7y ago

That would be fantastic on a 4K monitor, with the capability of zooming into the paintings and the original audioguide sound. And the soundscape please. And the ability to customize the sound of my own footsteps. I would absolutely enjoy that. Some museums have amazing architecture and feel (The Foundation of Joan Miro in Barcelona is a great example) and having that feel represented by a proper walkable 3D environment would greatly enhance the experience. I'm a bit concerned though that simulated museum visitors may break the immersion -- we haven't crossed the Uncanny Valley yet.

monadic2 7y ago

I don’t think home TVs have the capability to portray the lighting in a museum well.