Virtual Reality for African museum experiences with Decolonisation information¶

This project aims to develop immersive Virtual Reality (VR) experiences tailored for African museum collections, focusing on creating environments for objects that currently only exist on the web. By utilizing resources from the Digital Benin Catalogue (https://digitalbenin.org/catalogue), students will create a VR environment for immersive navigation of objects. When needed, the project will incorporate decolonisation information into the user experience to address the colonial legacy embedded in museum documentation and display. This will be guided by frameworks such as Digital Benin's stance on the Use of derogatory, racist, and harmful language (https://digitalbenin.org/documentation/use-of-derogatory-racist-and-harmful-language). The outcome will be a prototype that visualizes artifacts in 3D and educates users on their provenance and cultural significance.

Keywords: Virtual Reality, Digital Heritage, Decolonisation, 3D Modeling, User Experience Prerequisite for the project: background in Virtual Reality or 3D Game Development