Vietnam Launches First Virtual Gallery Featuring Royal Antiquities in Metaverse

The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre recently announced that it has partnered with Phygital Labs to digitalize 10 artifacts of the Nguyen dynasty (1802–1945) and bring the first Metaverse virtual gallery into life, VNA reported.

The antiquities include a throne, palanquin and shoes (for rituals), golden branches and jade leaves (for interior décor), and xam huong game. They will be displayed at the Metaverse virtual gallery museehue.vn.

Thanks to the application of Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology and Nomion – a unique digital identifier for physical products, visitors will be allowed to unlock the antiquities’ digital contents through their smartphones to get an insight into their history, origin, and cultural significance.

Set of ivory xăm hường game cards of Emperor Tu Duc, the emperor with the longest reign in the Nguyen Dynasty. Photo: VOV

According to Director of the center Hoang Viet Trung, the Nomion technology, developed by Phygital Labs, supports the digitalization, preservation, and promotion of the antiquities and the dynasty’s heritage as a whole.

The centre will continue to compile content, including scanning, and taking images of antiques, to offer to the digital museum. Their purpose is to build up the museum according to a specific topic or to period to help visitors enjoy the virtual tour with vivid colors, and layouts.

He said the center and its partners will provide services at the gallery to popularize Vietnamese heritage to global visitors, especially the more than 20 million owning Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest.

A gemstone bonsai. Photo courtesy of Hue Monuments Conservation Centre

A king throne that has been digitally identified to present on a metaverse exhibition. Photo courtesy of Hue Monuments Conservation Centre

The metaverse exhibition is available at https://museehue.vn/. Photo courtesy of Hue Monuments Conservation Centre

The Nguyen Dynasty was the last of Vietnam's royal rulers, established after Nguyen Anh ascended the throne in 1802 and ended when King Bao Dai abdicated in 1945, a total of 143 years.

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