Augmented Reality (AR) enables digital information to be superimposed and integrated into our physical environment. With many of us now at home during a global pandemic, AR is a tool that can help us transform our immediate surroundings into learning, work and entertainment spaces.

CCS Insights predicted that by 2025, more than half of medium and large businesses in advanced economies will adopt AR/VR technology. Facebook is one such example who got into this business quite early. When Oculus Touch controllers launched in late 2016, it ushered in a new era of consumer VR by introducing […]

A lasting change of the coronavirus pandemic might be how shows are viewed We are experiencing an extended period of museum and gallery closures. Lockdowns intended to curtail the spread of the coronavirus mean it is ill-advised to linger among crowds of strangers in enclosed spaces—which counts out enjoying art […]

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the economic recession it has fostered, loom large over Live Science’s archaeology predictions for 2021. While the development of vaccines is promising, it will be sometime before they can be distributed to a large proportion of the world’s population. As such, archaeologists will likely continue to […]

Museum doors may be shut for the time being, but that doesn’t mean that culture has ground to a halt. Faced with the pandemic, and in the absence of visitors, museums and cultural institutions have turned to technology to reinvent their roles and missions digitally. Strolling alone through the Paris […]

Museums looking to catch the wave of interest may have already missed it, however. Google’s just-released Year in Search claims to offer a glimpse into what the cultural hive mind was up to in 2020, from obsessively searching for “election results” to querying the definition of “WAP.” Given the stay-at-home orders that […]

From MoMa to the Met, here’s how you can take a virtual trip to some of NYC’s most treasured institutions. Staying at home during the pandemic hasn’t been easy, but there is one thing you can do from home now more than ever: Visit a museum. Museums all over the world have […]

We’d all rather be museum-hopping and globe-trotting in real life. But during these sheltering-near-home days, it’s still possible to get a cultural fix. Museums around the world have launched all kinds of immersive tours and experiences. Some have done their own online tours, but most have partnered with Google’s Arts […]

Those who have always wanted to be part of a famous work of art, soon may have their wishes fulfilled. The Norton Museum of Art is set to launch an augmented reality app Jan. 2 that it says will make its contemporary art collection more accessible to visitors.

Avatars, VR headsets and 3D digital worlds are no longer the preserve of videogames – since the start of lockdown, virtual experiences have become a vital tool for helping cultural institutions connect with audiences. In response to this growing demand, a new app is being developed that aims to bring […]