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We are an experimental lab focusing on
Digital Heritage & Cultural Tourism

Explore Worlds, Unlock Cultures, Enrich Minds Together

WanderLens Lab

WanderLens Lab is an innovative and interdisciplinary creative studio. Specializing in the intersection of immersive media, digital storytelling, and architectural heritage, the studio is dedicated to producing immersive digital storytelling experiences that preserve, interpret, and present cultural heritage and architectural history.

 

As a multidisciplinary design laboratory, WanderLens Lab integrates art, design, technology, and critical heritage theory to create immersive experiences that bridge the gap between past and present. The studio’s work engages global audiences by transforming archival research, architectural documentation, and oral histories into emotionally resonant, digitally-augmented environments.

 

Our mission is to empower communities, educators, and cultural institutions to reimagine historical narratives through innovative forms of engagement and storytelling.

Content Creation

2D Content Creation

Video tours | Cultural storytelling | Social media | User feedback

  • Produce short-form and long-form videos for YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram

  • Combine architectural heritage narration with on-site filming

  • Integrate historical archives (photos, maps, documents) to enrich narratives

  • Use video content as early-stage product prototypes to gather audience insights

3D & Immersive Content Creation

Immersive experience | VR tours | Spatial storytelling

  • Create 360° videos and photogrammetry-based virtual environments (e.g. using Polycam)

  • Design interactive, narrative-driven heritage tours in Unity or WebXR

  • Optimize experiences for Meta Quest, Apple Vision Pro, and PICO platforms

  • Collaborate with developers to publish apps and test user engagement in immersive contexts

Provided Service

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Video-to-3D Reconstruction

First, AI Computer Vision & Machine Learning:

Our product makes full use of the state-of-the-art computer vision algorithm, 3D Gaussian Splatting, to reconstruct the most photorealistic scene of the landmarks using a simple video-to-3D model pipeline. 

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Immersive & Intuitive Gamified Learning

Second, Spatial Computing & VR:

Equipped with VR headsets, users can immerse themselves in visiting global landmarks and intuitively understand the culture and history of landmarks with the help of gamified interaction between users and digital heritage.

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Personalized Tour Guide

Last but not least, AI Large Language Model: Our personalized virtual guides, powered by language models fed by our collected archival research data from each cultural heritage site, offer real-time, tailored information, answering any query a user might have.

© 2025 WanderLens Lab LLC

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