Pilgrimage to Pureland: Art, Perception and the Wutai Mural VR Reconstruction

Mu, Rongxuan1; Nie, Yuhe2; Cao, Kent3; You, Ruoxin4; Wei, Yinzong5; Tong, Xin6

2023-11-01

10.1080/10447318.2023.2271665

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION   影响因子和分区

1044-7318

1532-7590

Virtual reality (VR) supports audiences to engage with cultural heritage proactively. We designed an easy-to-access and guided VR reconstruction of the murals in Mogao Grottoes, Pilgrimage To Pureland, to offer the general public an accessible and engaging way to experience the Dunhuang murals. We explored an immersive VR reconstruction approach that can efficiently convert complex 2D mural art into 3D digital VR content while maintaining its originality. Specifically, we reconstructed the Mt. Wutai pilgrimage mural in Cave 61 into a plot-based interactive VR environment that offers users a more accessible and immersive narrative to visit and appreciate Dunhuang murals' complex religious, historical, and artistic value. We conducted a user study with twenty participants to further investigate how this reconstruction approach and the interactive narratives would affect users' immersive experiences and knowledge acquisition, compared with other forms of virtual access as the control group. Findings from our user study revealed that participants from the VR experimental group reported a significantly higher level of immersion and understanding of the knowledge. To conclude, our 2D-to-VR reconstruction methods provided a VR reconstruction approach and insights for creating engaging user experiences and improving users understanding of cultural and historical concepts while preserving the originality of the cultural heritage.

Dunhuang mural cave 61 virtual reality cultural heritage pan-Asia historical view

SCI ; EI ; SSCI

英语

其他

We would like to thank Houtu Grant and Duke Kunshan University for funding this research project (22KDKUF046). Additionally, we are thankful to Dunhuang Research Academy for providing open-access digital images of the Dunhuang Grottoes and Murals, which fo[22KDKUF046]

Computer Science ; Engineering

Computer Science, Cybernetics ; Ergonomics

WOS:001101168300001

TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

20234715079917

Access control ; Historic preservation ; Image reconstruction ; Virtual reality

Geology:481.1 ; Computer Software, Data Handling and Applications:723

PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY

Web of Science

1.Tianjin Univ, Architecture, Tianjin, Peoples R China
2.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Comp Sci & Engn, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Peoples R China
3.Duke Kunshan Univ, Div Arts & Humanities, Kunshan, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
4.Duke Kunshan Univ, Arts & Humanities, Kunshan, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
5.Wuhan Univ, Chinese Literature, Wuhan, Peoples R China
6.Duke Kunshan Univ, Data Sci Res Ctr, Kunshan, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

Mu, Rongxuan,Nie, Yuhe,Cao, Kent,et al. Pilgrimage to Pureland: Art, Perception and the Wutai Mural VR Reconstruction[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION,2023.

Mu, Rongxuan,Nie, Yuhe,Cao, Kent,You, Ruoxin,Wei, Yinzong,&Tong, Xin.(2023).Pilgrimage to Pureland: Art, Perception and the Wutai Mural VR Reconstruction.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION.

Mu, Rongxuan,et al."Pilgrimage to Pureland: Art, Perception and the Wutai Mural VR Reconstruction".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (2023).