OpenVirtualWorlds is an interdisciplinary group of researchers with expertise in computing, digital design, history and museology; and with 10 years experience in 3D and immersive technologies, focusing on system engineering and the relationship between quality of service and experience. Scientific results are addressing the use of Virtual Worlds, Cross and Parallel reality systems in mobile and immersive contexts. We have spun out SMART History, to create a Virtual Time binocular platform.
HIE - Digital Heritage - Tomintoul and Glenlivet Discovery Centre
Through a Glass Darkly - Digitisation of the Bridges Collection (a collection of Cypriot antiquities held at the University of St Andrews).
Funded by the Leventis Foundation.
Project directors: Rebecca Sweetman (School of Classics) & Alison Hadfield (MUSA).
Through a Glass Darkly is a project involving colleagues in the School of Classics (Rebecca Sweetman and Ioannis Georganas) and the Museum of the University of St Andrews, MUSA (Alison Hafield and Hannah Sycamore) which stems from research into changing perceptions material culture according to the medium in which it is experienced. From this research project we have designed a number of practical applications which have been rolled out to help inform museum curatorial decision making processes as well as support education in schools and museums. Our work is funded by the Leventis Foundation and the University of St Andrews.
https://thebridgescollection.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/through-a-glass-darkly/
The Museum of the University of St Andrews (MUSA) displays to the public some of the treasures from the University's collection of over 112,000 artefacts.
The Bell Pettigrew Museum is the University of St Andrews zoology museum. It is a rare survival of a Victorian teaching museum, and wonderfully atmospheric. The displays, which include examples of several extinct species, are arranged to allow the evolutionary and taxonomic relationships between animals to be clearly understood.
Drone footage of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
Carved stone head of male figure. The hair and diadem are evident. Some damage noticeable around the facial features but in very good condition otherwise. Late Antique.
Samian Ware oil lamp. Circular lamp with well preserved motif of an olive branch. Olive oil was most likely the type of oil used to fuel oil lamps in the Mediterranean. Roman.
Unguentarium produced from terracotta, thought to be used for carrying oil or perfume. Roman.
Group of POWs at Stalag XXA (Thorn) with Pte. David G Reid 2823046 marked with an X
Bell from the Concordia wrecked on Riv 9th November 1809
Bell from the Concordia wrecked on Riv 9th November 1809
Den unika miljön, med hyttruin, herrgård, kyrka, kvarn och en av Sveriges största samlingar av sinnerstenshus, är idag ett populärt besöksmål med publika arrangemang, konstutställningar och ett aktivt lokalt föreningsliv. Men varför anlägger man en hytta på en plats, där det inte finns någon järnmalm? Och hur är det att driva en verksamhet på en så speciell plats som Borgvik?