Intel Brings Burning Man Art and Music to Smithsonian Museum

Using immersive virtual reality and the technology of eighth-generation Intel Core processors, the Smithsonian American Art Museum can digitally preserve history within its walls without damaging or moving exhibits.

Intel and the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) seek to transform the future of education and the museum experience. and, for that purpose, have come together to create an immersive virtual reality experience.

The aim is to increase and promote access 24/7 to the museum, with the aim of enabling educators, institutions and the general public enter, through immersive virtual reality, in their collections as if they were in the museum.

The project has started with the exhibition 'Non-spectators: the art of burning man’” (No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man) which is on display at the Renwick Gallery until January 2019. This presentation includes five works, among them the Evotrope, 2009 authored by Richard Wilkis, Michael Conn and Victor Rodarte and Maya's Mind, by Mischell Riley.

“Virtual reality will generate cutting-edge computing experiences and accelerate new possibilities for how people will explore and interact with the world around them.. As technology evolves, immersive experiences in museums will become the norm. Bringing the physical and digital worlds together to study American art in classrooms around the world is just a first step in exploring what's possible when we combine the Smithsonian American Art Museum's passion for education with Intel's innovation.", comments John Bonini, Vice President and General Manager VR, Gaming & Esports de Intel.

Advanced technologies powered by eighth-generation Intel Core processors provide the means to digitally preserve history within museum walls faster and more efficiently, without damaging or moving exposed objects.

This partnership, presented at the Virtual Reality Los Angeles (VRLA) held at the Los Angeles Convention Center earlier this month, has started with the exhibition 'No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man’ but the goal is to take it further and digitize the more than 157 millions of exhibits.

Intel's advanced technologies will accelerate the existing process of 3D digital capture of the SAAM and increase access to its collections with the help of powerful eighth-generation Intel Core processors, cloud-based platforms more.

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