Well, look what we found this morning! Thank you to @innovateuk and @GlasgowCityRgn. We are now part of the George Square renovations! 🌳🌱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏦😍 #MuseumsintheMetaverse #Georgesquare #Glasgow @UofGlasgow @UofGArtsHums @UofGARC

This was a brilliant experience. The work being done by @UofGMiM is going to revolutionise cultural heritage and will have a major impact on the U.K. culture and creative sector.

Experience @UofGMiM through the eyes of UofG's @UofGVC & @RachelSandison as they step into this groundbreaking #VR platform. MiM virtual museums are changing how we access cultural heritage. Launching soon! @InnovateUK @UKRI_News

Splendid discussion today on role of @UofGMiM research in Future Cities Forum with @M_Charters @craighassall & many others @MackayPAG @AHAllardyce

Interested in curating your own virtual museum experience? Participants required to test our 'Creator Mode', empowering users to build their own virtual museum experiences. https://t.co/gPXAWIyTmh @UofGlasgow @UofGArtsHums @UofGARC #VR @hunterian @NtlMuseumsScot @HistEnvScot

How can the fusion of emerging technologies and the Creative Industries transform the UK’s approach to skills, innovation and business? This report published today by @DCMS makes a series of recommendations. @UofGMiM features as a case study. @UofGArtsHums @GlasgowCityRgn 👀

Pleased to have represented @UofGlasgow following the award of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize to @GlasgowBurns. Delighted to see @UofGMiM featured as a case study of innovation in Creative Technologies. @nltmcd @P14Murray @MariaEcoGl @UofGArtsHums

Interested in curating your own virtual museum experience? We are looking for participants to test our new ‘Creator Mode’ which is all about empowering users like you to build their own virtual museum experiences. https://t.co/gPXAWIzrbP

For #BurnsNight2025 here’s a @UofGMiM 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! 🤩

@UofGMiM PI @nltmcd is sharing @UofGlasgow research on ‘Transforming Learning & Research by Extending Reality’ @Bett_show 2025! Join him with @MetaforEdu for cutting-edge insight into immersive technology for education & cultural heritage.

A global study has revealed an overwhelming public interest in Virtual Reality (VR) and Extended Reality (XR) museums. The study was conducted as part of the Museums in the Metaverse project - part of the Region's #InnovationAccelerator programme. @innovateuk #innovation

This Audiences and Impact report, co-authored by myself and @fergusambruce , shows the global pull of virtual cultural experiences internationally and thanks to @Meta support @UofGMiM was able to reach a huge audience to ask the key questions. @AHAllardyce @SAHA_voice

Global study reveals 77% want digital access to museum collections. Our @UofGlasgow @UofGMiM shows huge appetite for #VR/#XR in cultural spaces. Funded by @UKRI_News @innovateuk, partnering with @hunterian @HistEnvScot @NtlMuseumsScot @edify_ac More 👉 https://t.co/p8MKyD0FfG

Congratulations @nltmcd , PI of @UofGMiM , selected to work with Meta on their new education platform advancing the potential of XR in education, where he has already been a pioneer @AHAllardyce @MackayPAG

@UofGMIM Connecting communities through time #WDPD2024 #digipres #WorldDigitalPreservationDay #virtualreality @UofGlasgow #InnovationAccelerator @hunterian @NtlMuseumsScot @HistEnvScot Celtic British gold stater, 125–100 BCE, GLAHM:40475. © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

“What will you put into your Museum?” Great to see @Lucy_Worsley engage with @UofGMiM! @HistEnvScot @NtlMuseumsScot @hunterian @UofGlasgow @Meta #MuseumsInTheMetaverse

We are delighted to be working together with @UofGMiM in helping shape virtual museum experiences. More on this exciting collaboration soon. In the meantime, if your organisation could benefit for having your collection 3D scanned in unbelievable quality - see info below.

Roll up! Roll up! Heritage capture up for grabs!

Please FOLLOW & REPOST @GlasgowBurns and help us reengage with followers old & new (following frustrating loss of the previous account). Don’t miss exciting research developments & public events we’re looking forward to sharing over the coming weeks & months! 👀

Great opportunity for UK heritage organisations looking to get into 3D 👇