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The collectionThe CollectionAR and VR experiences of the Hong Kong the city is losing — rebuilt so you can step inside.
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Back to Lee Theatre in VR — Experience the untold stories of Hong Kong movie history through this historical theatre — Causeway Bay's Lee Theatre, open from February 1927 to 19 August 1991.
Back to Lee Theatre in VR1927–1991 · Movie & theatre history
The Sunken Truth of Jumbo Kingdom — Step aboard the Jumbo Floating Restaurant in VR — The Sunken Truth of Jumbo Kingdom.
The Sunken Truth of Jumbo KingdomWaterfront
Eastern Zhou — A shared, multiplayer walk through the world of Eastern Zhou China.
Eastern Zhou770–256 BCE · Ancient history
Madame Cheng: Pirate Queen of Hong Kong — The pirate queen who commanded the South China Sea.
Madame Cheng: Pirate Queen of Hong Kong19th c. · Maritime history
Hong Kong Human Rights Museum — Deconstruction of San Uk Ling, Breathing Pain, and the Memory Wall — hosted by our partner institution.
Hong Kong Human Rights MuseumContemporary · Civic memory
Hoi On Cafe — Teleport to this historical ice cafe of Hong Kong back in 1952 and experience the lives of Hong Kongers post-WW2 right from your home.
Hoi On Cafe1952–2021 · Bing sutt · ice cafe
The Decline of Hong Kong Newspaper Stall — A deep dive into the rise and fall of Hong Kong's newspaper stalls over the past 100 years — and what they reveal about the fragility of press freedom.
The Decline of Hong Kong Newspaper Stall1904 onward · Street trades · press freedom
Kerosene Stove · Fo Shui Lo — The stove that warmed a generation of shared Hong Kong kitchens — and sometimes set them alight.
Kerosene Stove · Fo Shui Lo1960s · Domestic life
Birth of Dai Pai Dong — The open-air food stall that marked the beginning of Hong Kong's famous street food culture — born from a 19th-century hawker licensing system and nearly extinct today.
Birth of Dai Pai Dong1920s onward · Food · street trades
Tai Ping Ching Jiu: The Bun Festival of Hong Kong — How did people deal with a pandemic over 100 years ago? The story of Cheung Chau's Tai Ping Ching Jiu, born from the 1894 plague.
Tai Ping Ching Jiu: The Bun Festival of Hong Kong1894 onward · Festival · ritual
Crime and Punishment of Fish Balls — Hong Kong's world-renowned street food, the curry fish ball, and the story and struggles grassroots Hong Kongers had behind this scrumptious snack.
Crime and Punishment of Fish Balls1950s onward · Street food · hawkers
HMS Li Wo: Made in Hong Kong — The most decorated small ship in the history of the British Royal Navy — built in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock.
HMS Li Wo: Made in Hong Kong1942 · Wartime · shipbuilding
Retro Christmas Cookout — Cook vintage holiday dishes against the clock on Christmas Eve in a 1970s Hong Kong tea café, and survive the gangsters' shakedown.
Retro Christmas Cookout1970s · Web game
The Vanished Royal Hong Kong Police — Uniform, badge and beat, from 1969 to 1997.
The Vanished Royal Hong Kong Police1969–1997 · Civic life
Aeroplane Olive — The hawker who threw bags of liquorice olives up to tenement windows.
Aeroplane Olive1950s · Street trades
I ❤️ Tea Café: Remixable — A fast-paced VR + mobile game: serve Hong Kong's favourite snacks before your customers vanish, then remix and build your own tea café.
I ❤️ Tea Café: RemixableWeb game
Art of the Forbidden: Evolution of the Film Censorship System — How the British colonial government's secret censorship shaped Hong Kong film culture.
Art of the Forbidden: Evolution of the Film Censorship System1953–1987 · Film · censorship
Litter Bug: The Cutest Public Enemy — The cartoon villain of a 1970s clean-up campaign every child knew.
Litter Bug: The Cutest Public Enemy1972 · Civic life
Ancient Uber: Blood and Tears of Rickshaw Pullers — The rickshaw arrived in Hong Kong in 1874 and quickly became the city's main means of transport — and the pullers who ran it organised some of the first labour unions in Hong Kong's history.
Ancient Uber: Blood and Tears of Rickshaw Pullers1874–2021 · Transport · labour
The Fall of HK Neon — One neon sign at a time, Hong Kong's typographers and sign masters built the streetscapes of the city's most prosperous era — an AR exhibit to commemorate the vanishing neon lights of Hong Kong.
The Fall of HK Neon1960s onward · Streetscape · neon
Sincere: The Father of Hong Kong's Department Store — How Ma Ying-piu went from a penniless teenager to founding the first Chinese-owned department store.
Sincere: The Father of Hong Kong's Department Store1900 · Commerce · retail
Vintage Weight Machine — The coin-operated weighing machine that printed your weight, and a fortune, while you waited for a date at the cinema.
Vintage Weight Machine
Back to Lee Theatre in VR — Experience the untold stories of Hong Kong movie history through this historical theatre — Causeway Bay's Lee Theatre, open from February 1927 to 19 August 1991.
Back to Lee Theatre in VR1927–1991 · Movie & theatre history
The Sunken Truth of Jumbo Kingdom — Step aboard the Jumbo Floating Restaurant in VR — The Sunken Truth of Jumbo Kingdom.
The Sunken Truth of Jumbo KingdomWaterfront
Eastern Zhou — A shared, multiplayer walk through the world of Eastern Zhou China.
Eastern Zhou770–256 BCE · Ancient history
Madame Cheng: Pirate Queen of Hong Kong — The pirate queen who commanded the South China Sea.
Madame Cheng: Pirate Queen of Hong Kong19th c. · Maritime history
Hong Kong Human Rights Museum — Deconstruction of San Uk Ling, Breathing Pain, and the Memory Wall — hosted by our partner institution.
Hong Kong Human Rights MuseumContemporary · Civic memory
Hoi On Cafe — Teleport to this historical ice cafe of Hong Kong back in 1952 and experience the lives of Hong Kongers post-WW2 right from your home.
Hoi On Cafe1952–2021 · Bing sutt · ice cafe
The Decline of Hong Kong Newspaper Stall — A deep dive into the rise and fall of Hong Kong's newspaper stalls over the past 100 years — and what they reveal about the fragility of press freedom.
The Decline of Hong Kong Newspaper Stall1904 onward · Street trades · press freedom
Kerosene Stove · Fo Shui Lo — The stove that warmed a generation of shared Hong Kong kitchens — and sometimes set them alight.
Kerosene Stove · Fo Shui Lo1960s · Domestic life
Birth of Dai Pai Dong — The open-air food stall that marked the beginning of Hong Kong's famous street food culture — born from a 19th-century hawker licensing system and nearly extinct today.
Birth of Dai Pai Dong1920s onward · Food · street trades
Tai Ping Ching Jiu: The Bun Festival of Hong Kong — How did people deal with a pandemic over 100 years ago? The story of Cheung Chau's Tai Ping Ching Jiu, born from the 1894 plague.
Tai Ping Ching Jiu: The Bun Festival of Hong Kong1894 onward · Festival · ritual
Crime and Punishment of Fish Balls — Hong Kong's world-renowned street food, the curry fish ball, and the story and struggles grassroots Hong Kongers had behind this scrumptious snack.
Crime and Punishment of Fish Balls1950s onward · Street food · hawkers
HMS Li Wo: Made in Hong Kong — The most decorated small ship in the history of the British Royal Navy — built in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock.
HMS Li Wo: Made in Hong Kong1942 · Wartime · shipbuilding
Retro Christmas Cookout — Cook vintage holiday dishes against the clock on Christmas Eve in a 1970s Hong Kong tea café, and survive the gangsters' shakedown.
Retro Christmas Cookout1970s · Web game
The Vanished Royal Hong Kong Police — Uniform, badge and beat, from 1969 to 1997.
The Vanished Royal Hong Kong Police1969–1997 · Civic life
Aeroplane Olive — The hawker who threw bags of liquorice olives up to tenement windows.
Aeroplane Olive1950s · Street trades
I ❤️ Tea Café: Remixable — A fast-paced VR + mobile game: serve Hong Kong's favourite snacks before your customers vanish, then remix and build your own tea café.
I ❤️ Tea Café: RemixableWeb game
Art of the Forbidden: Evolution of the Film Censorship System — How the British colonial government's secret censorship shaped Hong Kong film culture.
Art of the Forbidden: Evolution of the Film Censorship System1953–1987 · Film · censorship
Litter Bug: The Cutest Public Enemy — The cartoon villain of a 1970s clean-up campaign every child knew.
Litter Bug: The Cutest Public Enemy1972 · Civic life
Ancient Uber: Blood and Tears of Rickshaw Pullers — The rickshaw arrived in Hong Kong in 1874 and quickly became the city's main means of transport — and the pullers who ran it organised some of the first labour unions in Hong Kong's history.
Ancient Uber: Blood and Tears of Rickshaw Pullers1874–2021 · Transport · labour
The Fall of HK Neon — One neon sign at a time, Hong Kong's typographers and sign masters built the streetscapes of the city's most prosperous era — an AR exhibit to commemorate the vanishing neon lights of Hong Kong.
The Fall of HK Neon1960s onward · Streetscape · neon
Sincere: The Father of Hong Kong's Department Store — How Ma Ying-piu went from a penniless teenager to founding the first Chinese-owned department store.
Sincere: The Father of Hong Kong's Department Store1900 · Commerce · retail
Vintage Weight Machine — The coin-operated weighing machine that printed your weight, and a fortune, while you waited for a date at the cinema.
Vintage Weight Machine
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ImpactKeeping what is disappearingWithin reach of everyone who left.
20+
Immersive exhibits
125k
Digital interactions
10k+
In-person visitors
10
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Bilingual panels and phone AR, set up in galleries, libraries, lawn tents, shipyard plazas and classrooms — with Hong Kong diaspora associations, libraries and cultural fairs across the US, Canada and Australia.

Visitors gathered at a Hong Kong XR Museum lawn-tent pop-up
A Hong Kong XR Museum gallery installation, with press filming
Visitors reading the exhibit panels at a Hong Kong XR Museum community event
An exhibit with the Houston Hong Kongers community, children scanning the panels with a phone
Press

Press mentions

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Awards

Awards & recognition

  • Best Winter Addition · Retro Christmas CookoutMeta Horizon Creator Competition: Mobile InnovationA 1970s Hong Kong tea café Christmas, built mobile-first.Dec 2025
  • Best Remixable Simulation Game · I ❤️ Tea CaféMeta Horizon Worlds · Creator Competition: Open Source ChampionsRemixable World and Best Simulation Genre: the game, plus the remix tutorial that lets other creators build their own tea café.Oct 2025
PartnersPartners & collaboratorsThe institutions, scholars and communities we build with.
Hong Kong On ScreenFlash Independent BookstoreHK HouseAncient HK StoriesImmersive Learning Research NetworkThe Hong Konger ClubHong Kong DAssembly MarketAustin Hong KongersLady Liberty HKTX4HK – Texans Supporting Hong KongLamp of LibertyHong Kong History & Heritage AdvisoryHong Kong On ScreenFlash Independent BookstoreHK HouseAncient HK StoriesImmersive Learning Research NetworkThe Hong Konger ClubHong Kong DAssembly MarketAustin Hong KongersLady Liberty HKTX4HK – Texans Supporting Hong KongLamp of LibertyHong Kong History & Heritage AdvisoryHong Kong On ScreenFlash Independent BookstoreHK HouseAncient HK StoriesImmersive Learning Research NetworkThe Hong Konger ClubHong Kong DAssembly MarketAustin Hong KongersLady Liberty HKTX4HK – Texans Supporting Hong KongLamp of LibertyHong Kong History & Heritage AdvisoryHong Kong On ScreenFlash Independent BookstoreHK HouseAncient HK StoriesImmersive Learning Research NetworkThe Hong Konger ClubHong Kong DAssembly MarketAustin Hong KongersLady Liberty HKTX4HK – Texans Supporting Hong KongLamp of LibertyHong Kong History & Heritage Advisory