2026 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

Museverse — AI Cultural Companion for Future Museums

Entrant

Chen Si, Xie Guangying, Yang Yuxin

Category

Conceptual Design - UX / UI

Client's Name

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Country / Region

China

About The Entry

Museverse is a conceptual AI experience designed for future museums, exploring how artificial intelligence can reshape the relationship between visitors, collections and cultural knowledge. Museverse creates a cultural universe where AI becomes a living interface, connecting visitors, artifacts and knowledge through a new form of interaction. Instead of traditional digital avatars, it transforms AI into a transparent liquid glass sphere — a living cultural planet that evolves with every interaction.

Through voice interaction, multimodal recognition and dynamic visual responses, the sphere reveals different states during information processing, conversation, artifact scanning and navigation, making invisible AI processes tangible. Acting as an intelligent magnifying glass, the sphere allows users to zoom in and enter the hidden stories behind individual artworks; by zooming out, they can travel across interconnected cultural galaxies formed by museums, collections, knowledge and communities.

Beyond the physical museum space, Museverse extends cultural exploration into everyday life. The cultural planet becomes a portable knowledge companion, allowing users to continue learning, revisiting discoveries and connecting with cultural communities anytime and anywhere. Knowledge is no longer limited to a single visit or location, but becomes a living network that accompanies users throughout their journey.

Integrated with AR and VR experiences, Museverse transforms museum visits from passive viewing into immersive journeys of discovery, enabling a continuous relationship between people, culture and knowledge.

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