Whale Exhibition

A spatial XR experience designed for intuitive walk-up use in a museum exhibition.

Museum XRSpatial InteractionHoloLens 2Field Deployment
AR content overlaid in the whale exhibition
Spatial Experience
Visitor following spatial guidance in the whale exhibition
Spatial Guidance
AR labels positioned around the whale exhibit
Virtual Avatar Guiding
Floor-based trigger interface in the whale exhibition
Experience Trigger
HMD-based AR deployed in the museum exhibition
AR Labelling
Hand-based interaction with spatial AR content
Spatial anchored interface
Visitor using a hand menu in the AR experience
Hand Menu
Interactive AR content around the whale skeleton
Spatial Indicator
Spatial indicator placed in the museum environment
MR experience
Digital anatomical information aligned with the whale exhibit
Exhibit Overlay
AR labels anchored to physical bones
Spatial Mapping for AR labels
Anatomical overview of the whale in AR
AR labelling with Orca 3D overlay
AR explanation of internal whale anatomy
Organ Explanation

Context

Natural History Museum · Exhibition

Platform

Meta Quest 3

Interaction

Hand Tracking · Spatial UI · Exhibit Anchoring

Focus

Walk-up Use · Learning · Engagement

My Role

Interaction Design · XR Prototyping · Field Testing

Project credits

Team

Yu Liu · Jessica Bitte · Linda Rau

Advisors

Ulrike Spierling · Ralf Dörner

Project & Partners

presentXR logopresentXRHochschule RheinMain logoHochschule RheinMainSenckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt logoSenckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurtsatis&fy logosatis&fy
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