Cultural Preservation Using Immersive Technologies: A New Approach

  • Authors

    • Meena Mahadevan Head, Department of English, AIMAN College of Arts and Science, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Author
    • A. Hediyah Research Scholar, Department of English, National College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Author
    • J. Subashree Research Scholar, Department of English, National College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Author

    Published 2026-01-02

  • Cultural Heritage Preservation, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Immersive Technologies, Digital Heritage, Intangible Culture, Human–Computer Interaction

    Issue

    Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026)

    Section

    Articles

    How to Cite

    [1]
    M. Mahadevan, H. A, and S. J, “Cultural Preservation Using Immersive Technologies: A New Approach”, IJIRHT, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 01–12, Jan. 2026, Accessed: Mar. 02, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://worldcometresearchgroup.com/index.php/ijirht/article/view/71

  • Abstract

    Cultural heritage represents the memory, sense of identity and values of societies between generations. Both physical and nonphysical cultural assets have however faced unprecedented threats due to globalization, urbanization, climate change, armed conflict as well as technological obsolescence. Conservation and archiving of traditional culture through physical conservation, museum-based exhibition, and archivism is, despite its necessity, becoming very inefficient in maintaining the long-term sustainability, availability, and involvement of people. In this respect, immersive technologies, such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) present the transformative potential in reconsidering how cultural heritage is recorded, stored, enjoyed, and shared. The paper suggests an inclusive model with regards to the preservation and safeguarding of culture with the help of immersive technologies with references to their usage as preservation resources and experiences. Immersive environments allow the reconstruction of monuments, artifacts, rituals and oral traditions in high fidelity digital and enable users to have interaction with cultural content in manners that are not limited by space, time and space. Immersive systems provide an opportunity to create digital surrogates which not only retain the shape, but also the context and the meaning by employing three-dimensional scanning, photogrammetry, motion capture, and semantic metadata. The work effectively reviews literature, establishes gaps in technological and methodological research, and presents an iterative approach to immersive cultural preservation in the form of a layering. To measure the authenticity, usability, educational effect and cultural integrity, quantitative and qualitative evaluation metrics are addressed. Findings reveal that immersive technologies have a great impact on cultural understanding and user engagement, intergenerational knowledge sharing and culture resiliency to cultural loss. The paper ends with defining ethical aspects, scalability issues, and future directions of research, and immersive technologies have become one of the foundational building blocks of cultural heritage preservation of the next generation.

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