Grasp at Thin Air While Your Friends Laugh at You

LinkedIn's 'Jobs You Might Like' algorithm is a decent indicator that the machines aren't quite ready to rise up and conquer mankind. Where tech is frighteningly clever, mind you, is in the weird realm of Virtual Reality and Birmingham Museum's Waterhall is now the temporary home for such science-based witchcraft. Developed In Birmingham is a season of events celebrating early photography in the city, and this first instalment is a VR recreation of one of the earliest ever photography exhibitions when scientist William Henry Fox Talbot presented prints at King Edward’s School, in 1839. The experience is a fully immersive sort of deal, with visitors walking freely through a digitally reconstructed room. You'll hear demonstrations of Chartist protesters who rioted outside, (and you'll see them if you glance out the window), feel real heat from the crackling fireplace and, if you're anything like our fully grown, adult editor, you'll jump out of your skin at the first sign of a virtual mouse. It's £4.50 for six of your human minutes. Book

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