Virtual Docent
A museum docent is a guide who teaches visitors about a museum’s collections and exhibits. A good docent can greatly enhance visitors’ experience. However, when a docent is not available, visitors are often left with just a brief plaque describing the exhibit.
The goal of this project is to preserve the expertise of knowledgeable and entertaining docents. While the virtual docent is not intended to replace or to be equivalent to a human docent, it can provide some of a docent experience to all visitors, if a real human docent is not available.
Approach
A museum docent is a guide who teaches visitors about a museum’s collections and exhibits. A good docent can greatly enhance visitors’ experience. However, when a docent is not available, visitors are often left with just a brief plaque describing the exhibit.
The goal of this project is to preserve the expertise of knowledgeable and entertaining docents. While the virtual docent is not intended to replace or to be equivalent to a human docent, it can provide some of a docent experience to all visitors, if a real human docent is not available.