Digital Original XR | DO XR for Meta Quest

While building Digital Original and Digital Original XR, we ran into an interesting challenge:

How do you display ultra-high-resolution artwork, photography, and video without forcing visitors to download massive files?

Most websites solve this by heavily compressing images. The result is faster loading, but a lot of detail gets lost.

Our approach is different.

On the web, we process high-resolution and ultra-high-resolution images into image tiles, similar to how Google Maps works. Instead of loading an entire file at once, visitors only load the parts they are currently viewing. This makes it possible to explore large artworks and photographs in much greater detail.

We’re also bringing similar ideas into XR with Digital Original XR for Meta Quest, where visitors can experience high-resolution artworks and photography in immersive virtual gallery spaces.

I’m curious how others approach this problem.

• How do you currently share high-resolution photography or artwork online?

• Have you used Deep Zoom technology before?

• Do viewers actually care about seeing every detail, or is this mainly important to creators?

Would love to hear how artists, photographers, and developers are solving this today.

While building Digital Original XR (DO XR) for Meta Quest, we noticed something interesting.

Even when artworks are available online in high resolution, most people still view them on relatively small screens. The experience is often limited to scrolling and occasional zooming.

In XR, the experience feels different. You can stand in front of an artwork, view it at scale, move closer, and explore details naturally.

We started Digital Original XR to experiment with a simple idea:

What if digital art and photography could be experienced more like a gallery visit and less like browsing a website?

I’m curious:

• Have you ever viewed art in VR or XR?

• Did it feel more engaging than viewing it on a traditional screen?

• What would make you want to visit a virtual gallery?

I’d love to hear thoughts from artists, photographers, collectors, and XR enthusiasts.