The exhibition displays artworks that were taken from museums around the world
Wearing a VR headset, standing in darkness, “the only thing you really are paying attention to is the art piece,” he says.
Some of the interactive elements are similar to what users might expect to find in a museum. For example, audio descriptions accompany each piece, Artnet’s Dorian Batycka writes. While users have the option to view the art privately, they can also join a public session where they’ll see other people’s avatars.
Other elements, however, diverge from the museum experience. Users can make notes or sketches that are visible to other users, and they can get far closer to the art in a VR setting than they would ever be able to in the real world.
“It felt very emotional to be in front of those pieces,” art student Alejandra Alfonso says in a
