Melbourne Museum in Australia has celebrated the arrival of one of the largest and most complete T-Rex fossils ever to go on display with the installation of a new holographic experience in its main lobby.
Created by Miirage, the technology is a modular system that utilises transparent LCDs to create ultra-realistic holograms that don’t require 3D glasses, a mobile device or any other sort of screen to convince the viewer that they can see something in three dimensions.
Originally installed as part of the Victoria the T-Rex exhibition, the technology had to be moved to the main entrance, as it was getting so much attention that it was causing bottlenecks of people who wanted to engage with the holograms.
Welcoming guests to the museum, to the naked eye, it seems as though the animated dinosaurs are moving around in three-dimensional space created by the technology, with the added bonus that the viewer can see this illusion from any brightness and from almost any angle.
The T-Rex, also known as ‘Victoria’, is the star attraction in the interactive exhibition, which transports visitors back 66 million years to the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. In addition to holographics, the exhibition showcases real fossils with AR, film and multi-sensory installations to showcase the life cycle of the T-Rex.
The exhibition is running at Melbourne Museum until October 20, 2024.
Melbourne Museum in Australia has celebrated the arrival of one of the largest and most complete T-Rex fossils ever to go on display with the installation of a new holographic experience in its main lobby.
Created by Miirage, the technology is a modular system that utilises transparent LCDs to create ultra-realistic holograms that don’t require 3D glasses, a mobile device or any other sort of screen to convince the viewer that they can see something in three dimensions.
Originally installed as part of the Victoria the T-Rex exhibition, the technology had to be moved to the main entrance, as it was getting so much attention that it was causing bottlenecks of people who wanted to engage with the holograms.
Welcoming guests to the museum, to the naked eye, it seems as though the animated dinosaurs are moving around in three-dimensional space created by the technology, with the added bonus that the viewer can see this illusion from any brightness and from almost any angle.
The T-Rex, also known as ‘Victoria’, is the star attraction in the interactive exhibition, which transports visitors back 66 million years to the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. In addition to holographics, the exhibition showcases real fossils with AR, film and multi-sensory installations to showcase the life cycle of the T-Rex.
The exhibition is running at Melbourne Museum until October 20, 2024.
