An Interdisciplinary Approach on Constructing Virtual Reality Exhibitions: the Case of the Philatelic and Postal Museum of Greece

EasyChair Preprint 13556

Abstract

The paper presents an interdisciplinary approach for constructing Virtual Reality exhibitions by studying the case of a Virtual Reality exhibit developed for the Philatelic and Postal Museum of Greece. The paper focuses on the tasks required for the construction of the virtual exhibition while covering the project development issues. The focus is on the design of the exhibition space, the placement of the exhibits, the organization of the content in an appropriate content architecture, the supplementary approaches, and tools for enhancing content communications as well as their accessibility. The goal is to provide a technological solution that is easy to adopt in similar projects for providing both technological solutions and a walkthrough for the various stages of collaboration with cultural heritage institutions.

Keyphrases: cultural heritage institutions, museums, project development, virtual reality exhibitions

@booklet{EasyChair:13556,
  author    = {Marina Markellou and Katerina Rizou and Sofia Maria Poulimenou and Nikolaos Mamalos and Andreas Vouliakis and Despoina Sigourtzidou and Fani Tsiamalou and Konstantina Eleni Iliopoulou and Vasileios Komianos and Ioannis Deliyannis},
  title     = {An Interdisciplinary Approach on Constructing Virtual Reality Exhibitions: the Case of the Philatelic and Postal Museum of Greece},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 13556},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2024}}