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Please Touch the Past: How UK Museums Are Designing the Feeling of History

Please Touch the Past: How UK Museums Are Designing the Feeling of History

UK museums are moving beyond the polite 'do not touch' sign, using haptic feedback, mid-air ultrasound and VR reconstruction to let visitors feel fragile objects without handling them. The interesting question is not whether simulated touch works, but what kind of touch an institution should design for.