{"id":6141,"date":"2017-09-26T09:04:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T09:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/cel\/?p=6141"},"modified":"2017-09-26T10:26:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T10:26:47","slug":"multi-sensory-vr-experience-of-william-talbot-photograph-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2017\/09\/26\/multi-sensory-vr-experience-of-william-talbot-photograph-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Sensory\u00a0VR\u00a0Experience\u00a0of\u00a0William\u00a0Talbot\u00a0Photograph\u00a0Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted on behalf of Heidi Singleton<\/span><\/p>\n

A\u00a0new\u00a0dimension\u00a0that\u00a0extends\u00a0the\u00a0physical\u00a0space\u00a0into\u00a0an\u00a0experimental\u00a0virtual\u00a0world\u00a0is\u00a0sweeping\u00a0into museums\u00a0and\u00a0galleries\u00a0across\u00a0the\u00a0UK.<\/p>\n

This autumn Thresholds is restaging Fox Talbot\u2019s first photography exhibition and the riot of 1839.\u00a0 It uses some of the latest multi-sensory VR technology, enabling participants to wander freely through the room and examine Fox Talbot’s early prints.\u00a0 The Vive headset and backpack enable untethered walking around and objects from the displays can be touched.\u00a0 This feature is a relatively unexplored aspect of the medium.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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I was lucky enough to attend the display this Saturday morning.\u00a0\u00a0It was the first time that I had worn the headset in a gallery experience of this kind.\u00a0\u00a0Once the headset and backpack had been fitted; the experience began by being led up the entrance ramp by a National Trust volunteer.\u00a0\u00a0As soon as I entered the white room the headset visuals and audio commenced.\u00a0\u00a0I was drawn to the warmth and crackle of the fire in the room (which was positioned around a real heater), before walking around the room to admire the prints and artefacts.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

As I moved around the room I could see ghosts of other participants and carefully avoided them as I touched the sides of the exhibit cases.\u00a0\u00a0I stopped to look at a portrait and watched a spider crawl across the frame, though forgot to look for the mouse that I had been told would run across the floor.\u00a0The ticking of a clock caught my attention and I noted that it showed the correct time.<\/p>\n

As I moved towards the ghostly figure of Fox Talbot, I was distracted by the cries of Chartist protesters outside.\u00a0 I turned to look out through a digital window into the street below and watched as the protesters carried lit torches and threw a stone which smashed a window.\u00a0 The headsets had been calibrated so that people of average height could view the room, therefore I had to stand on my tiptoes to peer out of the window.\u00a0 This added to the sense of reality.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

The headset was comfortable (for the short time I wore it).\u00a0\u00a0The visuals did drop out at one point (possibly as I stretched too far to examine an object); this made me feel momentarily giddy.\u00a0\u00a0The entire experience lasted less than nine minutes (I had been told that that was how long the battery pack lasted), but it was a memorable encounter.\u00a0\u00a0As they say: \u2018like stepping back in time.\u2019<\/p>\n

BU does not currently have a Vive but has an Oculus Rift which is reasonably comparable.<\/p>\n

The Thresholds exhibition is running at Lacock Abbey until the 14\u00a0October\u00a02017; and will then be moving to Bradford.\u00a0\u00a0The experience costs \u00a34 on top of the NT admission price.<\/p>\n

You can watch the video by the creator Mat Collishaw using this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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