Make the physical place make sense online.
Create emotional intimacy inside a technical 360° environment, while giving visitors control over motion, interface density, and how they read or listen.
Smithsonian exhibition · Narrative virtual exhibition
An elegant, story-first virtual tour where archival material, family memory, and exhibition space work as one experience.

The experience
This project became the model for a more cinematic, restrained generation of virtual tours: quiet typography, tactile archival detail, intentional motion, and strong accessibility controls.
Create emotional intimacy inside a technical 360° environment, while giving visitors control over motion, interface density, and how they read or listen.
Build a calm visual system inspired by paper, stamps, and correspondence. Pair it with focused story moments, configurable controls, day and night appearances, and a complete accessible alternative.
A polished virtual exhibition that feels authored rather than templated, while staying flexible for many kinds of visitors and devices.

“A virtual tour should create the urge to explore one more room, open one more story, and look a little closer.”
— Loren Ybarrondo
What I did
Experience features