Immersive experience in smart art museums: Environmental interaction design and audience emotion regulation

Abstract

With the rapid advancement of digital technologies, traditional art museums are confronting a significant transformation from static displays toward intelligent, personalized experiences. The integration of intelligent technologies has created unprecedented possibilities for immersive museum experiences; however, how to effectively regulate visitor emotions through environmental interaction design and achieve harmonious integration of technology and humanities remains a critical issue requiring urgent resolution. This study focuses on immersive experiences in intelligent art museums and systematically explores the impact mechanisms of environmental interaction design on visitor emotional regulation. Employing mixed research methods, we conducted in-depth analysis of physiological responses, psychological states, and behavioral performances of 240 participants under different interaction design modalities. The research constructed a multimodal perceptual interaction theoretical model, revealing the synergistic enhancement mechanisms of multisensory stimuli including visual, auditory, and tactile elements; established an adaptive spatial response system that maintains emotional stability through intelligent lighting adjustment, environmental temperature and humidity control, and visitor flow density management; and developed a personalized regulation mechanism based on real-time emotion recognition, integrating emotion monitoring, content recommendation, and proactive intervention strategies to form a closed-loop feedback system. Research findings indicate that multimodal fusion interaction significantly enhances visitor emotional engagement, with the five-modal integrated system achieving 94.7% accuracy in emotion recognition; adaptive spatial response increased visitor comfort by 33.8% while reducing stress levels by 57.4%; and the personalized regulation mechanism shortened emotional recovery time by 58.3% with a regulation success rate of 86.7%. This study provides scientific foundation for intelligent museum design, contributes theoretical innovation and practical guidance for the integrated development of culture and technology, while emphasizing attention to technological ethics and social impacts, highlighting the balanced development of technology and humanistic care.