VR in film, art & museums
Film, art & museums in VR
360° documentaries, immersive art installations, and exhibits that let visitors step inside a painting or a moment in history.
What it means
VR gives storytellers a medium where the audience is inside the frame. Museums and galleries use it to make the distant or the fragile tangible; filmmakers and artists use it to place you somewhere you could never physically stand.
For a museum, VR solves the unshowable: the reconstructed temple, the artist's studio in 1900, the seabed. Visitors don't read about it — they stand in it, and they tell people afterwards. For festivals and galleries, 360° film and interactive installations are a draw in themselves, with queues as the proof.
Where it's used
Immersive exhibits
Let visitors walk through a reconstructed site, a painting, or a historical moment — a draw that gets talked about and shared.
360° film
Documentary and narrative work where the viewer looks around a real, filmed scene.
Art installations
Interactive spatial pieces that respond to movement and turn a room into an artwork.
Why VR works here
- Show the distant, fragile or vanished
- Visitors remember standing there — and talk about it
- Fleet + staffing handled, queues kept moving
- We can film your own 360° content
How it goes in practice
Plan the exhibit
Content, visitor flow, headset count — we scope it together.
We install and staff it
Hygiene, briefing, rotation: our team keeps it flowing.
Measure and adjust
Visitor numbers and dwell time tell us what to tune.
Museums · galleries · film festivals · cultural institutions · exhibitions
Apps & tools you'd use
Bigscreen · Museum of Other Realities · 360° film · YouTube VR
All installed before your headset ships — and we can add your own on request.
Headsets for this
Pre-installed, charged and delivered. Free return, Switzerland-wide.
Meta Quest 3
Best visuals and full-colour mixed reality — the flagship.
Rent from CHF 96/day
View headset →Meta Quest 3S
Same chip and games, lower price — the easy first headset.
Rent from CHF 96/day
View headset →Meta Quest 2
The proven all-rounder — great for events and big groups.
Rent from CHF 96/day
View headset →How VRENT helps
We rent every headset this needs — Meta Quest 3, Quest 3S and Quest 2 — pre-installed with the right apps, delivered and set up anywhere in Switzerland. Most people start with a one-week pilot before committing to anything.
Three ways to get started
However often you need it, there's a way that fits.
Rent a headset
One or several, from CHF 96/day. Pre-installed, delivered and collected across Switzerland.
Browse headsets →Build a package
For events and groups: 4–50 headsets with staffing and setup. Configure it and see the price in a minute.
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See membership →Questions
Can you run an exhibition?
Yes — we supply headset fleets with hygiene kits and staff to keep the experience flowing.
Can you make the content?
We film 360° ourselves and work with partners for bespoke immersive pieces.