Museums in the Metaverse project 2023, University of Glasgow
An ambitious new £5.6 million project to develop Virtual Reality museums
https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/museumsmetaverse/
"The Museums in the Metaverse project – funded by the UK Government’s Innovation Accelerator programme, led by Innovate UK on behalf of UK Research and Innovation - builds on Scotland’s reputation for cultural regeneration and innovation by creating a ground-breaking Extended Reality (XR)* Culture and Heritage platform.
One side of the platform is for visitors to gain access to a rich array of museums, sites, objects, and novel and dynamic experiences. The other is for virtual curators to build enriching and entertaining storytelling using objects and virtual environments that have never been placed together in the real world.
The project will empower online visitors to explore vast cultural assets in engaging new ways; enable expert and novice curators to create new content; and explore models of use to support sustainable economic and cultural growth...."
Press release:
https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2023/october/headline_1012014_en.html
Project website:
https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/museumsmetaverse/