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Make a Virtual Reality exhibition using our Meta Quest headsets. 

Working with Clare Rowan and students from Classics, we created a virtual reality exhibition of Roman coins. This was experienced by over 30 participants as part of a Money and Medals Network training day for museum curators. Detailed, enlarged 3D models of seven coins were displayed for close-up examination, along with explanatory texts with audio narration, and an introductory video. A second activity allowed participants to work together in holding, examining, and annotating 3D coins.

The platform we use for this makes it easy to do. Collect the 3D objects (scanned in and uploaded to Sketchfab). Write the texts as web pages. Convert to audio narration. Create a video. Arrange in the virtual space. Copy to multiple headsets (we have 8). The exhibition can then be "popped-up" anywhere, making it easy to run anytime, anyplace.

Exhibitions can also be accessed through phones and tablets.

Have you got an idea for an exhibition?

We can help staff and students to make and run one.

Watch this demo videoLink opens in a new window.

Read the full reportLink opens in a new window on how the exhibition was created.

Contact Robert if you want to find out more.

We will be scheduling a DAHL workshop on this for the summer term.

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