BLACK CATS & CHEQUERED FLAGS: a museum-ready location-based XR blueprint led by Elisabetta Rotolo

Mathieu G.

Museums are no longer asking whether immersive experiences “can work” in their walls. The real question is whether they can work at scale, with mixed audiences, tight operational constraints, and an institutional standard of meaning that goes beyond spectacle. BLACK CATS & CHEQUERED FLAGS is a strong case study precisely because it was conceived as […]

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