Exploring new ways for people to interact with museum content through character driven quests.

Welcome to GodsApp! CultureQuest was a collaboration with Meaning Machine, the Bristol Digital Games Lab, and Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. We explored new ways for museum visitors to engage with the ancient past. Our prototype brought four ancient Egyptian gods to life, allowing visitors to meet and converse with them as they explored the museum's Ancient Egypt gallery.

Partners: Bristol Digital Games Lab, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery & Meaning Machine.

Funding Body
Digital Catapult Creative Connect
Role
Co-Principal Investigator

Gallery

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Meet the divine cast of 'GodsApp'
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The interactive quest system invites visitors to ask questions of the exhibits and locate information to progress.
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'GodsApp': The UI of the prototype museum quest system.
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Participants exploring the Egypt exhibition at Bristol Museum, under the guidance of the gods.

Publications

CultureQuest: Deploying AI-powered Characters in Museum Spaces to Reimagine Visitor Engagement
Richard Cole, Chris Bevan, Frances Pickworth, Ben Ackland and Thomas Keane. 2025. Fantastic Futures 2025. Artificial Intelligence for Libraries, Archives and Museums (AI4LAM) and the British Library.