Creating Meaningful Interactions with Cultural Heritage in Immersive Environments
Practical guidance on using eXtended Reality (XR) to create immersive, meaningful experiences with cultural heritage.
Description
Developed within the Horizon Europe TRANSMIXR project, this guide explores how extended reality can overcome the physical limits of museums and archives, enabling immersive experiences that make heritage collections accessible, engaging, and meaningful. Drawing on research with cultural heritage professionals and XR design studios, it examines the opportunities, challenges, and practical barriers facing XR in the sector; from high costs and limited 3D content to identifying meaningful applications beyond conventional displays. The guide offers practical, applied guidance in the form of design-oriented “building blocks” (e.g. reusable storytelling formats, leveraging metadata rather than always relying on new 3D models, social XR) for institutions exploring immersive heritage projects.
Gabrielle Aguilar van Gend, Rasa Bocyte, Alina Goldman, Steffie van der Horst, Philine Kreuzer, Johan Oomen, Max Tiel