MUVA Virtual Museum of Art


VR Review  ★★☆☆☆‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
PCVR  Quest  Art  Comfortable  Roomscale 
Stationary 

A spacious, modern exhibition room in the MUVA Virtual Museum of Art. The interior features a patterned wooden floor, large windows with partially closed blinds, and ceiling lights casting a soft glow. A Greek key pattern decorates the right wall, adding a classical touch. Sculptures stand on pedestals, while a large framed artwork commands attention on the back wall. The scene conveys a blend of minimalist aesthetics and artistic sophistication.

MUVA Virtual Museum of Art is an art gallery offering viewings of Rembrandt paintings and sketches in the Meta Quest version, and expanded to include two additional virtual exhibitions for the PCVR version. The website claims that new exhibitions will be launched every month, but we assume this project to be abandoned. The PCVR version was created in 2020 and the Quest app was published in 2022 and no recent content has been added.

The Meta Quest app contains the Rembrandt exhibition of six portrait paintings and several further drawings and etchings. Move around the gallery with teleport controls and snap turning to get the best perspectives of the artworks. Press a yellow button on the wall adjacent to each exhibit to enable an audio commentary. Unfortunately the reproduction of paintings is quite poor compared to viewing on a regular computer screen as you can see in our screenshot comparison below, which makes this experience mostly valueless. The Quest version also has a social function, though this did not work for us.

A sleek, modern virtual art museum interior with an open layout. Large windows let in natural light, illuminating framed portraits on the left wall, each highlighted by individual spotlights. The ceiling showcases exposed beams, adding depth to the space. On the right, a classical sculpture bust rests on a pedestal near a potted plant. A sign on the far wall displays the museum's name, 'MUVA' (Museo Virtual de Arte), and its creator, binarybox.studios, reinforcing its digital origins.
Meta Quest version of the art gallery.

The Windows PCVR version can be downloaded directly from the developer's website and a further non-headset based desktop version is available for both Windows and MacOS platforms. These feature two additional exhibits. The first displays sculptures, busts and reliefs from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome presented in clean and sparse virtual gallery halls. The second is more interesting and finally uses virtual reality to good effect, as it exhibits 25 impressionist works with an aquatic theme while showcasing them in a scenic flooded gallery with wooden walkways.

Reproduction of artworks is certainly better on PCVR than on Meta Quest. Images are in a higher resolution that almost match a regular computer screen, though the three-dimensional artifacts are lacking in the detail and faithfulness to the original necessary to appreciate them well. The PCVR version also suffers from fussy teleportation movement, no snap turning and a lack of English language function.

We've scored this low because any experience claiming to be museum grade should be able to present its artifacts in substantial detail, as MUVA Virtual Museum of Art is unable to do. Also contributing to the score is the appearance that this program is now abandoned, despite the hard work that has clearly been invested in it.

A contemporary art gallery with integrated water features. Wooden walkways extend over shallow pools, where fallen leaves and aquatic plants add an organic element to the space. A large rock on the left enhances the natural aesthetic. On the walls, two framed landscape paintings depict serene outdoor scenes—one featuring a river surrounded by lush trees, the other showing a road alongside a waterway. A doorway in the back leads to another exhibition area, maintaining the gallery's immersive and tranquil ambiance.
Flooded PCVR gallery showcasing aquatic impressionist works.

Three similar closeups of a framed portrait. Each version is slightly different.
Comparing reproductions: Quest, Wikipedia & PCVR.

Summary:
⬤ Clean presentation
⬤ Artwork lacking detail
⬤ Fussy teleportation movement
⬤ Limited content, appears abandoned
⬤ PCVR version is only in Spanish

Supported Languages:
English  Spanish 

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