IMAGE VIRTUAL MUSEUMS: INTERACTIVE AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES VIEW

This paper presents an analytical study on interactive technologies adopted by virtual fashion museum focusing on the imagery and the level of interaction and access to information from its virtual collection. At first, through an exploratory study, the distinction between static image and dynamic image was addressed, secondly it was investigated the way virtual reality (VR) technologies worked with panoramic 360 degrees view of the flat type, circular, spherical and cubic and how the gigapixel images are produced in a way to allow the zoom without loss of quality. From the results it was possible to verify which of the chosen museums showed better interaction, user control and proximity with the image itself and the ambiance of the museum.