Research on Future Digital Memorial Model Based on Interaction Ritual Chain Theory: A Case Study of the Design Scheme of "Remember Me"

Rituals are indispensable activities in the history of human development to express values and connotations and are characterized by repeatability and regularity. Funeral rituals are not only a way to cherish the memory of the loved ones we lost, but also a channel for living relatives to maintain connections and deepen emotional bonds. The research, based on Collins' interaction ritual chain theory and combined with the design scheme of "remember me", aims to propose approaches and factors for interactive memorial rituals to exert the function of emotional connection and bereavement grief relief under the background of deepening digitization. It also studies the design of virtual service products for future digital memorial modes and the funeral industry amidst the normalization of COVID-19, cultural globalization, metaverse, and other technological developments.