Pop-Up Museum: Digital Display Case
UCL Object Learning Lab, Feburary 11-13, 2026
UCL Illuminated: UCL200 Bicentennial Celebrations Opening Ceremony
UCL Object Learning Lab, Feburary 11-13, 2026
UCL Illuminated: UCL200 Bicentennial Celebrations Opening Ceremony
Combining the latest sensor and image capture technology a team from the UCL Environmental, Geomatic and Civil Engineering department bring you the Pop-up Museum. The exhibit allows visitors a hands on experience with objects and artefacts from the Grant Museum of Zoology and the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology.
Visitors can handle 3D printed versions of the museum objects, these are synchronised to a 3D replica in the Digital Display case that will replicate the movement of the 3D print. Factoids and images will pop up on the screen allowing people to learn about the object and explore different features. A game is made of exploring the object to find all of the facts. The sound and visuals for each digital museum object reflect dynamically adapt to reflect their historical contexts.
This installation was developed for the UCL200 Bicentennial Celebrations and exhibited at the UCL Object Learning Lab in conjunction with UCL Special Collections during the Launch Event.
It works by....
Mickey Li
Project Lead, Software and System Integration
UCL & CA::VE Studio
Chris Bendkowski
Hardware and Sensing
UCL
Oliver Simpson
Hardware Manufacturing
UCL
Lilian Lopez
Unity System and Interaction
UCL
Charles Richards
Artifact Design and Manufacturing
UCL
JingQi Gu
Unity Asset and Animation
UCL
Franklin Wu
Unity Asset and Artifact Design
UCL
Hannah Cocoran
Story Design, Risk Assessment and Marketing
UCL
Many Thanks to Tannis Davidson and Hannah Cornish for their help in sourcing the 3D models for the objects and providing the historical contexts and media for this installation
Many Thanks to Catriona Wilson and Anna Garnet for their help in sourcing the 3D models for the objects and providing the historical contexts and media for this installation
With Greatest Thanks and Gratitude To:
Pippa Cowles, UCL CEGE
Prof Stuart Robson, UCL CEGE
UCL HereEast
Sarah Jillings, Sarah Aitchinson, Object Learning Lab UCL200 Organisers
Lucy Briggs, Olivia Allen, UCL200 Organisers
CA::VE Studio
Acknowledgment:
This work was funded under Prof Stuart Robson and his role as Airbus Chair....