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The museum of digital things: extended reality and museum practices
Frontiers in Virtual Reality, Volume: 5
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Evelyn Song, Leighton Evans
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This study presents a philosophical reconceptualisation of museums using phenomenological frameworks. It explores the role extended reality (XR) 'things' play in the museum experience and studies how their function differs from traditional objects. Existing studies highlight the technologi...
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