{"id":3451,"date":"2018-02-15T16:11:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T16:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2018-02-15T16:11:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T16:11:17","slug":"march-events-from-the-university-of-dundee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/2018\/02\/15\/march-events-from-the-university-of-dundee\/","title":{"rendered":"March Events From the University of Dundee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Posted by Shabnam Wasim, Revealing Research, University of Dundee<\/p>\n<p><\/span><strong>Cafe Science Dundee: <\/strong>Virtual Reality: The Future is Now<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue\/Address\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Avery &amp; Co, 34 South Tay St, DD1 1PD<br \/>\n<strong>Date and time\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Monday 12 March 2018, 7pm<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Event\/activity\/ description<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Virtual Reality is marketed for gamers, but there are many other uses for this technology and its popularity continues to rise. What is it about the immersive nature of Virtual Reality that appeals to us? Virtual Reality and its sister technology, Augmented Reality, have been used in many different forms in a wide range of settings including leisure, medicine, education, art and in the military.<\/p>\n<p>Join Dr Rachel Menzies from the University of Dundee to discuss the science behind virtual reality and augmented reality. How can these technologies be used? What are the benefits to society? How can we push the boundaries of technology even further?<\/p>\n<p>Join us at Caf\u00e9 Science Dundee at Avery &amp; Co. at 34 South Tay Street on Monday 12 March 2018, at 7pm. This is a free event and everyone is welcome. There is no need to book in advance but arrive early to avoid disappointment.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Admission price\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Free, Non-bookable<br \/>\n<strong>Website\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafesciencedundee.co.uk\/\">www.cafesciencedundee.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Shabnam Wasim, Revealing Research, University of Dundee Cafe Science Dundee: Virtual Reality: The Future is Now Venue\/Address\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Avery &amp; Co, 34 South Tay St, DD1 1PD Date and time\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Monday 12 March 2018, 7pm\u00a0 Event\/activity\/ description\u00a0 Virtual Reality is marketed for gamers, but there are many other uses for this technology and its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2496,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people-directorate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3452,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451\/revisions\/3452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}