30: The Great Exhibition of 1851 in VR: Eldon & Stowell (& others)
Channel: Hooked Wit Films
Date: 2024-01-14

Contains flashing images.

Eldon & Stowell by Musgrave Lewthwaite Watson & George Nelson; Spanish cannon & coat of arms; Dancing Faun by  Eugène-Louis Lequesne; Wounded Achilles by Innocenzo Fraccaroli. 

See this University College Oxford write up about our visit to photograph Eldon & Stowell: 
https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/news/digital-model-of-the-old-librarys-statues/

00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - Poynton Reading Room, Library, University College Oxford
00:33 - Photographing Eldon & Stowell
00:53 - Eldon & Stowell in the VR simulation
01:30 - Spanish cannon
01:34 - Spanish coat of arms (embroidered)
01:40 - Dancing Faun
01:50 - Wounded Achilles

The Great Exhibition of 1851 in VR is now available FREE on Steam: 
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2618260/The_Great_Exhibition_of_1851_in_VR/

The list of statues at the exhibition has been updated (210 works are now listed):
https://hookedwit.uk/statuary.html

Attributions (galleries and museums, etc.):
The Master and Fellows of University College Oxford: https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/news/digital-model-of-the-old-librarys-statues/
Galleria d'Arte Moderna Achille Forti, Verona: https://gam.comune.verona.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=42701

Attributions (models):
https://sketchfab.com/Dystopia
https://sketchfab.com/abauerenator
https://sketchfab.com/sunflowerkesu
https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Mag-Net

Models on Sketchfab:
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/eldon-stowell-at-university-college-oxford-ad8f6d95a4384d6094be5b71978c0b77

Attributions (images):
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Spain_(1761-1868_and_1874-1931)_Golden_Fleece_Variant.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lesser_Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Spain_(1700-1868_and_1834-1930)_Pillars_of_Hercules_Variant.svg

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