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January 21, 2019

How to future-proof museums: detective games and virtual dinosaurs

Immersive technology is at the centre of a government-funded plan to evolve cultural institutions for the digital age.


Carly Minsky

7 min read

Credit: Factory 42

In January, a consortium including virtual and mixed reality innovators, two UK museums, a theatre company, a university research group, a digital education company and a shopping centre group announced a pioneering collaboration to create new immersive experiences for “audiences of the future”. In Spring 2020, two mixed reality experiences at London’s Natural History Museum and The Science Museum will take visitors on a detective-themed trail involving interactions with virtual dinosaurs, robots and digitalised exhibits. A wholly virtual version will tour shopping centres around the UK.

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