Augmented Reality: Beyond Conventional Time and Space

There’s a wonderful spirit of invention in the Augmented Reality (AR) community right now — the incredible experimentation and work being done with Apple’s ARkit is tremendously exciting. It’s truly thrilling to see AR accelerate both creatively and technically. Keep the demos coming! Working with AR for 12 years now, it’s been amazing to experience […]

Mat Collishaw restages 1839 photography show in virtual reality

Artist says VR will change our outlook as he prepares Somerset House display based on Henry Fox Talbot’s seminal exhibition

Art galleries have long specialised in transporting visitors to another world, allowing them to dive into Hockney’s swimming pool, hear the clamour of war in Picasso’s Guernica or feel the spray of the sea from a Turner scene – all within the confines of four white walls.

But a new dimension is making its way into museums and galleries across the UK, one that extends the physical space into an experimental virtual world.

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