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Santa Claus by Pablo Picasso, 1959

We’re rounding off our #Kelvin200 celebrations by unveiling a new #VR museum dedicated to Lord Kelvin's groundbreaking inventions, part of our £5.6m Museums in the Metaverse project. Try it for yourself at the UofGARC this week! Read more ➡️ gla.ac/41CYMBf

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Global study reveals 77% want digital access to museum collections. Our University of Glasgow Museums in the Metaverse shows huge appetite for #VR/#XR in cultural spaces. Funded by UK Research and Innovation Innovate UK, partnering with The Hunterian Historic Environment Scotland National Museums Scotland edify More 👉 gla.ac.uk/news/headline_…

This Audiences and Impact report, co-authored by myself and Fergus Bruce , shows the global pull of virtual cultural experiences internationally and thanks to Meta support Museums in the Metaverse was able to reach a huge audience to ask the key questions. Áine Allardyce SAHA

Fantastic news for our Museums in the Metaverse project! A global survey has revealed an overwhelming public interest in accessing museum collections through virtual reality (VR) and extended reality (XR) technologies. Find out more ⬇️

Professor Neil McDonnell Neil McDonnell explains to BBC Radio Scotland Lunchtime reporter Linda Christie about our University of Glasgow Museums in the Metaverse project as we launch the results of a global survey of over 2000 about using #VirtualReality museums. Listen in @ 25:15 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

ICYMI MP was on BBC Radio Scotland Good Morning Scotland talking about University of Glasgow Museums in the Metaverse virtual museums projects as we launched his co-authored report on what audiences think about accessing museum collections digitally Starts @ 2:50:10 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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Sunrise went right up to 11 this morning

News | Survey reveals public demand for virtual reality museum experiences – digitisation of collections could improve accessibility and attract younger audiences Read: ow.ly/m4R750UGjpP

For #BurnsNight2025 here’s a Museums in the Metaverse 3D model of a beautiful nineteenth-century Mauchline Ware Ink Blotter. Featuring Burns Cottage, Brig o’ Doon & lines from ‘Rantin’, Rovin’ Robin’. Curate this & many other treasures in your own XR museum, from Spring 2025. Coming soon! 🤩

finally, some good news

Pleased to have represented University of Glasgow following the award of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize to The Centre for Robert Burns Studies. Delighted to see Museums in the Metaverse featured as a case study of innovation in Creative Technologies. Neil McDonnell MP Maria Economou UofG Arts & Humanities

I do hope others have picked up a physical photograph and UTTERLY MINDLESSLY tried to pinch and zoom on part of it...with their fingers…like numpties. (I today, have become that numpty. Feels like some kind of threshold) #numpties #oldskooluiux #help

I know there’s a confusing mess of “modern” collision options nowadays, but most of them are a pure fad and fiat: Go classic, every time.

Well, look what we found this morning! Thank you to Innovate UK and Glasgow City Region. We are now part of the George Square renovations! 🌳🌱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏦😍 #MuseumsintheMetaverse #Georgesquare #Glasgow University of Glasgow UofG Arts & Humanities UofGARC

So wonderful to see University of Glasgow Museums in the Metaverse Virtual Reality project featured in George Square as part of Glasgow City of Innovation campaign. The fab MiM 📷 + display 📷 by Martin Shields Sign up to be 1st to hear when the MiM #VR platform will launch: gla.ac.uk/mim

Over 90% of the world's museum collections are locked away in storage. Not anymore. UofG’s Museums in the Metaverse is bringing hidden treasures to life through 3D technology. Sign up to be first to hear about the beta launch: gla.ac.uk/mim