Roblox users can now score digital versions of Van Gogh’s famous straw hat for their avatars. These new wearables—alongside digital suits of armor, Medusa hair, and Egyptian Pharaoh masks—are part of a new collaboration between Roblox and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met has teamed up with the gaming platform for Replica, an augmented reality quest-based app (available for iOS and Android) that’s linked to a Met experience within the Roblox metaverse. “We are always looking to reach new audiences and find new, creative ways to engage with art,” Ken Weine, senior vice president of external affairs at The Met, told Decrypt. This virtual dimension affords “access to experiences that, in the physical world, might be difficult or impossible,” Roblox Head of Education Rebecca Kantar told Decrypt.

Source: The Nation August 12, 2023 23:09 UTC