Ali Cherri: How I Am Monument at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

Comparison

Alternatives to Matterport for museums (2025)

Producing 3D virtual exhibitions and museums since 2017, as part of the wider digital life of institutional collections.

Why museums need alternatives

Matterport is excellent for real estate but limited for exhibitions because it:

  • Cannot adjust object placement
  • Cannot add walls
  • Fixes camera positions
  • Limits curatorial control

Best alternatives

Our approach

V21 Artspace: museum-grade control and custom exhibition builds

  • Full curatorial control over layout
  • Custom gallery environments
  • Flexible object placement and scaling
  • Archive-ready 3D virtual museums
  • Accessibility-first design

Unreal Engine / Unity

  • Complex bespoke solutions
  • High development cost

Sketchfab (partial)

  • Object viewer but not a full exhibition space

Conclusion

Matterport is not built for exhibitions. V21 Artspace provides accurate, flexible and archive-ready 3D virtual museums.

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Digital partner to institutions and their collections

Need full curatorial control?

V21 Artspace is the digital partner for museums, galleries, libraries, archives and collection-holding organisations, in the gallery, online and for the long term. 3D access is where we go deepest.