Mimic XR / Berlin
XR for museums and exhibitions
Help visitors explore a place, object or story through spatial content. Cultural XR begins with interpretation: what the audience should notice, understand or question after the experience.
Discuss a cultural XR project
Build around the curatorial story
Agree the narrative and distinguish documented evidence from reconstruction or artistic interpretation. Labels and narration should make that distinction clear. Curators and relevant communities need an appropriate review role where the work represents cultural knowledge or sensitive histories.
Select a format visitors can use
Mobile AR, shared screens, projection and headset experiences support different visitor flows. Consider language, captions, seated use, sensory load and meaningful non-headset alternatives. A short interaction should fit the wider exhibition rather than creating a queue that prevents visitors seeing it.
Prepare assets with rights and context
Scanning, modelling and animation can make details visible from new perspectives. Record permissions, source provenance and any limits on reproducing objects or locations. A reconstructed surface or missing element should not be presented as a documented original.
Plan conservation and daily operation
Equipment placement, light, sound and visitor movement need venue approval. Scope opening checks, reset procedures, cleaning, offline needs and content updates. A pilot should test interpretive clarity and operating load with staff and representative visitors before a wider installation.
Questions before you brief us.
Can fragile objects be represented digitally?
Potentially, subject to the institution’s access, conservation and reproduction requirements. Capture methods must be approved.
Can content be multilingual?
Yes. Translation, narration, captions and review should be included in the production scope.
How do you label reconstructed material?
Use clear visible language that distinguishes evidence, reconstruction and creative interpretation.
Can an exhibition run without visitor accounts?
Often that is a useful requirement. Delivery and reporting should be designed to avoid unnecessary personal-data collection.
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Discuss a cultural XR project
Tell us the audience, task, target devices and intended launch date. We can use those details to discuss a focused first step.