Select your Basic Online Viewing Room and start to create your exhibition

Logically, an online exhibition is an exhibition on the Internet. So the artworks went through a curator, have been selected, and arranged. Beyond this minimal criteria they can take many forms – they can be websites, or 360° pictures, or in the best case scenario, 3D models.

They have different forms, but also different types – the types are defined by their relation to reality. They can be virtual versions, when the online exhibition is the virtual copy of a physical exhibition, or missing wings, when the online exhibition is an extension to reality meaning it has more information or artworks than the physical exhibition, or hyperreal-sites when the exhibition never existed in a physical form, only in virtuality.

Online exhibitions are sometimes called virtual exhibitions, but don’t get confused, it’s the same thing, as virtuality and the Internet overlap under the name cyberspace which is meant to be the opposite of meatspace (the physical reality).

The first generation of Online Viewing Rooms were simple websites with JPGs and it only had a “flat” experience like shopping on Amazon. Walter’s Cube developed a new technology that allows visitors to step into your gallery, walk around and purchase artworks as if they were there. Our technology was selected as one of the six most important innovations by Artnet and we were featured in trendsetting magazines.

A room is in 3D, so the online room has to be 3D too, therefore websites and 360° pictures can’t be online viewing rooms as they are in 2D. Yes, 360° pictures are in 2D, as the name picture suggests since they cannot handle sculptures and objects without getting blurry like Google Street View when you try to move. That extra dimension is what makes an online viewing room an actual space, giving the visitors the ability to walk around in a simulator as they would in a real room, having an immersive experience.

The first generation of Online Viewing Rooms were simple websites with JPGs and it only had a “flat” experience. Walter’s Cube developed a new technology that allows visitors to step into your gallery, walk around and purchase artworks as if they were there. Our technology was selected as one of the six most important innovations by Artnet and we were featured in trendsetting magazines.

To have the space digitized we send you a photographer, you don’t have to own any tool. To publish your Online Viewing Room with your latest online exhibition(s) – you can have more than one at a time! –, all you need is a desktop. To visit OVRs any smart device will do, as you can step into a 3D model from desktops, tablets, and phones through the app (both Android and iOS).

Once your gallery is digitized, you will get a “magic link”. This allows you to embed your exhibition into your website, send it in a newsletter by email or post it on any social media. When visitors click on the link, they will enter your exhibition from their device. It works on every platform, both mobile and desktop. Try the magic link and visit the Neo Rauch exhibition in Leipzig.

Not surprisingly, there are two things you need to get started: a piece of smart technology and a strong Internet connection. This technology can be basically anything, as you can reach onlineviewingroom.com from a desktop or a laptop through any browser, and the Walter’s Cube app works on both Android and iOS whether it be a smartphone or a tablet – if you are using the app, please make sure you have the latest update downloaded. There is also a VR headset option if you are feeling adventurous, but it’s not a requirement to enjoy the online exhibitions.

So after you reached the Online Viewing Room through your browser or downloaded the Walter’s Cube app, signed in with either your Facebook or Google account accepting Terms and Conditions, and chose the online exhibition you want to see, click on ‘Visit Exhibition’.

As you don’t have a mouse attached to your smartphone or tablet, but have a touch screen, you can use the four arrows to walk around on the bottom left side of your screen freely. To walk automatically, instead of clicking, try touching a point and holding there for a second. To change your viewpoint, drag your finger across the screen or use the cross in the right bottom corner.

If you see a detail you find interesting, you can take a picture of it with the built-in screenshot button on the settings bar to your right, name it and save it where you like. It makes it easier to take notes of what sticks with you for future use or as a reminder, without having to come back to the online exhibition, or perhaps to share with friends. Of course, you can decide to share the whole exhibition by using the embed link you can place into your social media feeds or website.

On the website you either right click on an artwork to get artwork information or click on the little ‘i’ next to it. In the app, you just have to touch the artwork. The pop-up bubble has the name of the artist, the title of the work, the year it was made, and the technique used on it. In special cases, there is extra information or a description too.

If you have an online exhibition open on your desktop or laptop, but wish to switch to your phone or tablet for any reason, like being on the go, you don’t have to use the search engine built into the app to find the same online exhibition again. Just click into the bar containing the URL to the page and a little icon looking like a window will become visible on the right side. Clicking on that icon will show you a QR code that you can scan with your phone’s or tablet’s camera, and the app with the chosen exhibition will open for you.

The first generation of Online Viewing Rooms were simple websites with JPGs and it only had a “flat” experience. Walter’s Cube developed a new technology that allows visitors to step into your gallery, walk around and purchase artworks as if they were there. Our technology was selected as one of the six most important innovations by Artnet and we were featured in trendsetting magazines.

To have the space digitized we send you a photographer, you don’t have to own any tool. To publish your Online Viewing Room with your latest online exhibition(s) – you can have more than one at a time! –, all you need is a desktop. To visit OVRs any smart device will do, as you can step into a 3D model from desktops, tablets, and phones through the app (both Android and iOS).

Once your gallery is digitized, you will get a “magic link”. This allows you to embed your exhibition into your website, send it in a newsletter by email or post it on any social media. When visitors click on the link, they will enter your exhibition from their device. It works on every platform, both mobile and desktop. Try the magic link and visit the Neo Rauch exhibition in Leipzig.

While the Online Viewing Room is available from smartphones and tablets too through the Walter’s Cube app to visit exhibitions, the Editor tool that creates those exhibitions only works on computers. After you chose one of our plans (Basic, Standard, Premium), you’ll receive a link from us that’s going to take you to the platform where you can modify your exhibition either in a pre-digitized space or in the digital twin of your gallery.

With the ‘Add exhibition info’ button on the upper tab in Editor you can set the parameters: the title of the exhibition, the name of the curator, the start and end date of the exhibition, a short and a long description. On the left side of your screen you find the option to take a photo with the built-in camera, that’s going to give you the icon image visitors will see before entering the online exhibition. You can change the camera’s angle with the ← ↑ ↓ → or W A S D buttons. We recommend you do that only after placing the artworks.

There are two ways to give artwork information to your pictures (with the objects, it will be set for you in advance and you don’t have to do anything). Choose whichever way you like better.
Manually
If you choose to give artwork information manually, click on the ‘Artwork’ tool you just used to upload the pictures, then on the gear wheel on the right corner of the icon. In the pop-up window you can fill out the lines with the artwork’s title, the artist’s name, the technique used, the year it was made (‘from to’ if you wish), the price and the currency you deal in. You can also add a description of the artwork – it can be one word, like ‘Unique’, or longer if you want to tell a story about it for example to get the collectors interested.

You can change this later on if there’s a need by clicking on the gear wheel.
With CSV
You can also add artwork information using a CSV file (short for comma-separated values, which is a delimited text file that uses a comma to separate values), as it can be a short-cut if you have a lot of artworks to display and it would take too long to manually add the information. The easiest way to create a CSV is to open Excel and put your information into separate cells – you can download the template from here.

There are three things you need to pay attention to when using Excel. 

One, don’t put commas in the title of the artwork as Excel generates a CSV file which means after exporting it will recognize any cell with a comma in it as two separate parameters, creating an error. 

Two, be mindful of lowercase and uppercase letters in the image file name – they count when the system searches for the JPGs or PNGs. 

Three, check the size unit to see whether you’re in cms or inches.

When you have your chart with all the information, click ‘Save as’ in Excel, name the file, choose the format ‘CSV (Comma delimited)’, then save. Now you can go back to your exhibition, click ‘Import with CSV’ in the ‘Upload images’ tool, select the pictures the software asks for, and you’re done.

You can add a digital frame to your images by opening the ‘Artwork’ tool, clicking on the gear wheel which is the ‘Image setting’ button, then choosing framed canvas. On the right side of your screen you can choose between frame textures, frame colors, and matboard colors. You can also alter the depth and the width of the frame and the matboard that will be visible in 3D, creating the experience of space as the image won’t be completely flat anymore.

After you’re certain everything is at the right place and every information is correct, click on ‘Create my exhibition’ in the upper right corner. Fill out the information with your name and email address, accept terms and conditions, choose between publishing publicly (everybody will see it), as unlisted (only those who have to link will see it), or saving as a draft (if you’re not finished and want to come back later to continue your work). Then there’s an upload process that might take a minute or two depending on the size of your online exhibition, please do not close your browser until it’s done. When it is, you’ll get a notification to check your email inbox – the link to your exhibition will be there in the ‘Enter your Room’ button. Under that, you’ll find an URL you can use to modify the exhibition later on.

The first generation of Online Viewing Rooms were simple websites with JPGs and it only had a “flat” experience. Walter’s Cube developed a new technology that allows visitors to step into your gallery, walk around and purchase artworks as if they were there. Our technology was selected as one of the six most important innovations by Artnet and we were featured in trendsetting magazines.

To have the space digitized we send you a photographer, you don’t have to own any tool. To publish your Online Viewing Room with your latest online exhibition(s) – you can have more than one at a time! –, all you need is a desktop. To visit OVRs any smart device will do, as you can step into a 3D model from desktops, tablets, and phones through the app (both Android and iOS).

Once your gallery is digitized, you will get a “magic link”. This allows you to embed your exhibition into your website, send it in a newsletter by email or post it on any social media. When visitors click on the link, they will enter your exhibition from their device. It works on every platform, both mobile and desktop. Try the magic link and visit the Neo Rauch exhibition in Leipzig.

For an extra fee, we can model sculptures for you in 3D.

You can change your exhibitions as many times as you want to without additional fees using the Editor tool.

The first generation of Online Viewing Rooms were simple websites with JPGs and it only had a “flat” experience. Walter’s Cube developed a new technology that allows visitors to step into your gallery, walk around and purchase artworks as if they were there. Our technology was selected as one of the six most important innovations by Artnet and we were featured in trendsetting magazines.

To have the space digitized we send you a photographer, you don’t have to own any tool. To publish your Online Viewing Room with your latest online exhibition(s) – you can have more than one at a time! –, all you need is a desktop. To visit OVRs any smart device will do, as you can step into a 3D model from desktops, tablets, and phones through the app (both Android and iOS).

Once your gallery is digitized, you will get a “magic link”. This allows you to embed your exhibition into your website, send it in a newsletter by email or post it on any social media. When visitors click on the link, they will enter your exhibition from their device. It works on every platform, both mobile and desktop. Try the magic link and visit the Neo Rauch exhibition in Leipzig.

After we get the order, we arrange a meeting and send our photographer within 10 days to the gallery.

The photographer will scan the space that takes about 2 hours for a 1.000 sf space. If the space is bigger, the process is longer. You don’t need to have any equipment.

The space doesn’t need to be empty – there can be artworks on the wall. We can remove them digitally in the post-production. Once the capturing is done, we create the digital twin for the gallery space.

The first generation of Online Viewing Rooms were simple websites with JPGs and it only had a “flat” experience. Walter’s Cube developed a new technology that allows visitors to step into your gallery, walk around and purchase artworks as if they were there. Our technology was selected as one of the six most important innovations by Artnet and we were featured in trendsetting magazines.

To have the space digitized we send you a photographer, you don’t have to own any tool. To publish your Online Viewing Room with your latest online exhibition(s) – you can have more than one at a time! –, all you need is a desktop. To visit OVRs any smart device will do, as you can step into a 3D model from desktops, tablets, and phones through the app (both Android and iOS).

Once your gallery is digitized, you will get a “magic link”. This allows you to embed your exhibition into your website, send it in a newsletter by email or post it on any social media. When visitors click on the link, they will enter your exhibition from their device. It works on every platform, both mobile and desktop. Try the magic link and visit the Neo Rauch exhibition in Leipzig.

It depends on the size of the gallery. We have 3 categories for pricing with monthly fees that are billed annually.

Small spaces under 2.000 sf

Medium spaces between 2.000 and 3.000 sf

Large Spaces between 3.000 and 4.000 sf

Above 4.000 sf, we provide a unique quote within 2 business days after receiving the floor plan and some photos of the place.

If the gallery creates the exhibition itself, the number of artworks doesn’t affect the cost as the gallery provides the photo reproductions of the artworks.

If we have to digitize the artworks (which means we send our own photographer to the gallery), then it affects the cost. In that case, we ask you to send us an artwork list and we can provide a quote within 2 business days.

The first generation of Online Viewing Rooms were simple websites with JPGs and it only had a “flat” experience. Walter’s Cube developed a new technology that allows visitors to step into your gallery, walk around and purchase artworks as if they were there. Our technology was selected as one of the six most important innovations by Artnet and we were featured in trendsetting magazines.

To have the space digitized we send you a photographer, you don’t have to own any tool. To publish your Online Viewing Room with your latest online exhibition(s) – you can have more than one at a time! –, all you need is a desktop. To visit OVRs any smart device will do, as you can step into a 3D model from desktops, tablets, and phones through the app (both Android and iOS).

Once your gallery is digitized, you will get a “magic link”. This allows you to embed your exhibition into your website, send it in a newsletter by email or post it on any social media. When visitors click on the link, they will enter your exhibition from their device. It works on every platform, both mobile and desktop. Try the magic link and visit the Neo Rauch exhibition in Leipzig.

For extra fees, we can digitize sculptures, objects, and installations in 3D. To get a quote, send us a picture so we can make an estimation on how much work would be needed to create the sculpture based on its complexity.

Editors can create their own guided tours without extra costs, but if they decide they would like us to do it for them, we make both audio narrations and videos for a fee.

The first generation of Online Viewing Rooms were simple websites with JPGs and it only had a “flat” experience. Walter’s Cube developed a new technology that allows visitors to step into your gallery, walk around and purchase artworks as if they were there. Our technology was selected as one of the six most important innovations by Artnet and we were featured in trendsetting magazines.

To have the space digitized we send you a photographer, you don’t have to own any tool. To publish your Online Viewing Room with your latest online exhibition(s) – you can have more than one at a time! –, all you need is a desktop. To visit OVRs any smart device will do, as you can step into a 3D model from desktops, tablets, and phones through the app (both Android and iOS).

Once your gallery is digitized, you will get a “magic link”. This allows you to embed your exhibition into your website, send it in a newsletter by email or post it on any social media. When visitors click on the link, they will enter your exhibition from their device. It works on every platform, both mobile and desktop. Try the magic link and visit the Neo Rauch exhibition in Leipzig.