{"id":12935,"date":"2024-01-14T11:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T10:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/14\/egg-timer-coke-bottle-and-a-skull-cast-vr-puts-burns-memorabilia-in-reach\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T11:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T10:37:24","slug":"egg-timer-coke-bottle-and-a-skull-cast-vr-puts-burns-memorabilia-in-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/14\/egg-timer-coke-bottle-and-a-skull-cast-vr-puts-burns-memorabilia-in-reach\/","title":{"rendered":"Egg timer, Coke bottle and a skull cast: VR puts Burns memorabilia in reach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow University has set up virtual trips showing stories behind the poems and exploring the poet\u2019s life <\/p>\n<p>Guests attending Burns Night suppers this month can get unexpected help in appreciating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/robertburns\">Scotland\u2019s national bard<\/a> \u2013 thanks to virtual reality. The Art of the Burns Supper has been created by Glasgow University researchers and takes participants on virtual trips that reveal the stories behind his poems and songs and his love of whisky \u2013 and haggis.<\/p>\n<p>The VR experiences have been created by scanning items from Burns collections across Scotland as well as key sites and places in his life. The result is an eclectic vision of the poet whose birthday is celebrated by Scots across the world on 25 January.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2024\/jan\/14\/egg-timer-coke-bottle-and-a-skull-cast-vr-puts-burns-memorabilia-in-reach\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d03934191901c09afda06f61f775dd07d4f793d5\/239_0_3600_2160\/master\/3600.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a151f22ca0fd78f1609cab4b23ee1f8f\" title=\"Egg timer, Coke bottle and a skull cast: VR puts Burns memorabilia in reach\" \/>Glasgow University has set up virtual trips showing stories behind the poems and exploring the poet\u2019s life<br \/>\nGuests attending Burns Night suppers this month can get unexpected help in appreciating Scotland\u2019s national bard \u2013 thanks to virtual reality. The Art of the Burns Supper has been created by Glasgow University researchers and takes participants on virtual trips that reveal the stories behind his poems and songs and his love of whisky \u2013 and haggis.<br \/>\nThe VR experiences have been created by scanning items from Burns collections across Scotland as well as key sites and places in his life. The result is an eclectic vision of the poet whose birthday is celebrated by Scots across the world on 25 January. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow University has set up virtual trips showing stories behind the poems and exploring the poet\u2019s life Guests attending Burns Night suppers this month can get unexpected help in appreciating Scotland\u2019s national bard \u2013 thanks to virtual reality. The Art of the Burns Supper has been created by Glasgow University researchers and takes participants on &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/14\/egg-timer-coke-bottle-and-a-skull-cast-vr-puts-burns-memorabilia-in-reach\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Egg timer, Coke bottle and a skull cast: VR puts Burns memorabilia in reach<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12935"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}