If you are near Athens 18-19 November there is an interesting conference on the topic of the above at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

The program is now available: https://2024.museumbigdata.org/program/

I am giving the below talk and I am happy to mention any information on projects or technology around the following topics and themes.

Immersive Visualisation and the Emergence of Collaborative XR in the Museum Sector

In this talk, I will explore the increasing promise of extended reality (XR), new sensory data and immersive experiences, and recent emerging visualisation strategies for conveying increasingly immersive and data-driven possibilities for the museum sector. Some recent projects I will cover include the Australian Cultural Data Engine, the Time Layered Cultural Map of Australia, and smaller case studies and experiments in data-driven story-mapping, mixed, augmented, and virtual reality. A key issue is immersive literacy: how designers can cater to the visualisation and navigation issues of the general public not yet experienced in these emerging rich, multimodal, but potentially overpowering or confusing immersive experiences. I will sketch out concepts that may be borrowed from game design to engage, entice, and also encourage audiences to explore this new and more immersive world of big data.