Immerse yourself into the world of art with this virtual reality art gallery experience. This experience will allow people of all ages to take part in an imaginary gallery that has accumulated famous pieces of art from around the world, where individuals can spare the expenses of travel and experience this art from the comfort of their own home. This experience gives the user the freedom to guide themselves around the art gallery, where they can engage with art from across the globe; ranging from surrealist pieces, to the talented Picasso and his world of cubism.
Individuals can step into the art and enjoy the interactive elements within, where the user will be provided with the options of two routes, an educational route or a spectator route, where the user is granted free will to decide which path they’d like to engage with. The educational route will grant the user with the ability to choose what piece of art they want to interact with, to further enter the painting and live inside that world. The artist of that piece will greet the user and give them a tour of the painting, where the individual can then gain educational insight by allow them to pick from a list of questions to ask the artist. The ‘spectator route’ allows individuals to simply interact with the art and explore the pieces up close to gain access to the detail that quite regularly cannot be seen in art galleries where they can see the art come to life right in front of them. Interactivity is crucial to this experience as it encourages engagement with the art and will especially assist in the learning aspect as experience is what assists in learning, where one’s senses are in use whilst interacting with the world.(Christou 2010; pp.229)
This experience will open the eyes of those expanding their knowledge of art but will also allow them to engage with art in a way that they’ve never done before! We see, especially with the unprecedented times we live in, virtual reality using culture could have positive aspects on the opportunities afforded to everyone reducing the need to visit these sites of culture and also to assist in education.