Redesigning museum display models in the context of digitalization
List of Authors
  • Wang Yuxin

Keyword
  • Digital Museum, user behavior, user psychology, interaction experience

Abstract
  • After decades of digital tide washing the world, even one of the most sacred existences in human life, art, has to go through evolution and make some adaptions. The materials used in artists' creations, the artworks' presence in time and space as objects, and the economic properties of art have all been changed drastically as a response to the rapidly growing cybernetic world. An increasing number of digital artworks show up on the internet every day, whether they are the documentation of physical artworks in the real world or completely digital pieces that only live in the cybernetic world. Accordingly, the relationship between the online audience and digital works has completely changed their interactions. Museum professionals, public audiences, educators, and so many other roles in the art-viewing activity are having mixed opinions about dealing with art in virtual spaces. They need a more accurate understanding of the meaning and value of the artworks they are viewing. Therefore, how to apply digital media technology to facilitate a better creative experience between viewers and digital physical artworks will be a very important and challenging issue. This paper firstly explains the definition and development history of digital museum exhibition; secondly analyzes the current research status of digital museum exhibition technology and its application areas at home and abroad; then discusses the factors affecting the audience's viewing behavior from the user's perspective, namely: human psychological factors (including cognitive factors, emotional factors, motivation), environmental factors (including social and cultural factors, natural environmental factors); finally The construction method of the virtual exhibition system based on the concept of interaction design is discussed in combination with the above two aspects, and the model can effectively improve the audience's visiting experience through examples.

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