Towards a human-centered evaluation of 3D Gaussian Splatting for cultural heritage visualization

Fadilah Husna Arief

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2794-5279

Indonesia

Adelaide University

Fadilah Arief is a multidisciplinary designer, PhD researcher, and educator at the Playful Cultures Lab, Adelaide University. Her research interests lie in the intersection of XR/VR/AR, user experience, and virtual heritage. She is researching virtual heritage using low-cost tools for museums.

Kadek Ananta Satriadi

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2230-8677

Australia

Monash University

Fadilah Arief is a multidisciplinary designer, PhD researcher, and educator at the Playful Cultures Lab, Adelaide University. Her research interests lie in the intersection of XR/VR/AR, user experience, and virtual heritage. She is researching virtual heritage using low-cost tools for museums.

Erik Malcolm Champion

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5362-6176

Australia

Adelaide University

Erik Champion is Professor of Virtual Heritage and Interactive History at Adelaide University, Emeritus Professor at Curtin University and Honorary Professor of Games, Immersive Media and Extended Reality, University of Salford. He leads the Playful Cultures Lab, part of the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments. He researches digital heritage and leads a current Australian Research Council Discovery Project on 3D workflows for archaeology and architectural history.

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Accepted: 2026-06-02

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Published: 2026-06-15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2024.25551