Scottish architects offer a new reality in Venice Biennale
In a multimedia exhibit that showcases Scottish materials alongside augmented reality technology, the chapel has been filled with a huge wooden model of Scotland, Scandinavia and the Arctic.
The exhibit presents a vision for the future in which the country is repositioned at the heart of a sustainable North Atlantic economy.
The project’s curators are encouraging visitors to interact with the exhibit, which features customised apps developed by Soluis to highlight innovative approaches to design and development across the Highlands and Islands. People can use tablet computers to overlay different types of data on the huge floormap of Scotland, and experience virtual reality renderings of locations past, present and future.
The exhibit also uses virtual reality headsets in sculpted animal heads representing creatures associated with the north, including a polar bear and a unicorn. Visitors use them to transport themselves to rural Scotland.
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