A Study on the Virtual Reality-based Museums : Exhibition Characteristics and Possibilities of Utilization

가상현실 기반 박물관의 전시특성 및 활용 가능성 연구 -세컨드라이프 내 박물관을 중심으로

The development of internet has changed the realm of life from off-line to on-line, causing not only the overall change in society but also urgently demanding change in the basic concept of museum. Virtual Museums have appeared in line with such changes, and they utilize space regardless of real time and space unlike the traditional museums that collected and preserved works for exhibition in physical space thereby playing a role of catalyst for exhibition in virtual space and for direct exchange with the public. Through relevant literatures and case studies, the present research particularly investigated the exhibition characteristics of virtual reality-based museums out of all types of cyber museum, in an effort to make a comparison with those of offline museums, and eventually to suggest a direction of virtual reality museums that would be established in the future and to consider the possibilities of utilizing them.

박물관의 개념을 새롭게 변화시키고 있는 가상현실 기반 박물관의 전시 특성을 분석하고, 분석 결과를 토대로 활용 가능성을 제시하고자 한다.