Digital Guqin Museum from a Virtual World to the Real World : Conception and design of an ongoing cultural sim

Authors

  • Shuen-git Chow CNAM enass Paris, France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v2i5.776

Keywords:

Guqin, Digital Guqin Museum, virtual world real world

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the Digital Guqin Museum built in Second Life that provides the user an opportunity to experience and interact with different facets of Chinese culture. The user will find examples of Guquin culture, considered by some to be a place holder for Chinese culture , such as the guqin, a rarely seen musical instrument sometimes confused with the guzheng, a more common popular instrument. Users can see the making of a guqin instrument and listen to guqin music being played, which represents both Chinese music, and more specifically, the guqin music genre - an elegant and quiet music

Author Biography

Shuen-git Chow, CNAM enass Paris, France

Independant artist researcher

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Published

2010-02-09

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Section

SLACTIONS 2009 Selected Papers