The museum of digital things: extended reality and museum practices

Song, Evelyn; Evans, Leighton

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The museum of digital things: extended reality and museum practices

Evelyn Song, Leighton Evans

Frontiers in Virtual Reality, Volume: 5

Swansea University Authors: Evelyn Song, Leighton Evans

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This study presents a philosophical reconceptualisation of museums using phenomenological frameworks. It explores the role extended reality (XR) 'things' play in the museum experience and studies how their function differs from traditional objects. Existing studies highlight the technologi...

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