Michał Hyjek PhD, an artist and scientist who creates multimedia tools for accessing and preserving works of art, will talk about the use of XR technology in digitization and archiving. During the presentation, we will learn how to combine classical sculptural artwork and technical skills in mechanics and electronics.

Michał Hyjek represents COLLEGIUM XR — RESEARCH CENTER on VR, AR and XR of the Pedagogical University of Krakow and XR INSTITUTE – a startup dealing with the project of open source XR goggles and drivers called XRometr.

He will present the following projects:

• Metapedia, a 3D encyclopedia of physical places
• Digital Sacred Museums
• Digital Archives of Małopolska or conferences in metavers