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The Mona Lisa, known as the world’s best-known painting in its retrospective of da Vinci’s work, while offering visitors a chance to have a heightened personal encounter with the artwork as was never before possible. Alone with the masterpiece in the virtual space, the visitor can see the vivid details of this celebrated oil painting, including the texture of the wood panel seen through the paint layer, and the marks where the panel once cracked and was masterfully restored.
VR NewsThe Mona Lisa, known as the world’s best-known painting in its retrospective of da Vinci’s work, while offering visitors a chance to have a heightened personal encounter with the artwork as was never before possible. Alone with the masterpiece in the virtual space, the visitor can see the vivid details of this celebrated oil painting, including the texture of the wood panel seen through the paint layer, and the marks where the panel once cracked and was masterfully restored.
We’ve all heard of Mona Lisa right? Her real name being Lisa Gherardini. Some of you may have already seen her, obviously not in the flesh, as she’s been dead for over 400 years, the plague allegedly… “Damn fleas”! To us, the Mona Lisa only exists as a painting in the Louvre Museum. She’s seen by more than 20,000 people each day, so in order to keep her in pristine condition and away from poking fingers, the Mona Lisa is kept permanently in a protective casing due to her fragility.
With major advances in 3D rendering, faster processing power, along with rapidly evolving virtual reality (VR) technologies and a bunch of clever software, the Musée du Louvre in Paris (home of Mona Lisa) and HTC VIVE Arts in partnership, and produced by leading VR studio Emissive has recreated Mona Lisa as a VR experience “Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass”. It is said that the virtual reality experience is an integral part of the museum’s leading light Leonardo da Vinci exhibition, which commemorates the 500th anniversary of da Vinci’s death in France.
Beyond the Glass reveals the latest scientific research on da Vinci’s artistic innovation and his painting techniques and processes through exceptional visualisation in virtual reality, bringing them to life. The experience is intended to complement and enhance visitors’ engagement with da Vinci and the masterpieces that are on display through creative storytelling that reveals more than the eye can see.
The Mona Lisa, known as the world’s best-known painting in its retrospective of da Vinci’s work, while offering visitors a chance to have a heightened personal encounter with the artwork as was never before possible. Alone with the masterpiece in the virtual space, the visitor can see the vivid details of this celebrated oil painting, including the texture of the wood panel seen through the paint layer, and the marks where the panel once cracked and was masterfully restored.
The Mona Lisa was previously on view between October 24, 2019 to February 24, 2020 in the Napoléon Hall.
Booking information to visit Louvre Museum in Paris
An extended home version of the VR experience is now available for download through VIVEPORT and other VR platforms, including mobile VR on iOS and Android, for audiences across the globe.Online reservation is required for the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition, and on-site reservation is required for the VR experience.
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Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass