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In conjunction with the St Andrews Photographic Festival and to celebrate 170 years since Brewster developed his stereoscope, Peter Blair will launch his new book "Scotland in 3D - a Victorian Virtual Reality Tour" ISBN 9781527225527 at the Byre Theatre in St Andrews on Thurs 4th October at 7pm.

Peter will introduce us to stereoscopy and take us on a tour of Scotland using antique 3D images from his collection. 3D glasses will be provided.

The event is free but places are limited so booking is essential:

https://byretheatre.com/events/stereo-photography-festival-scotland-in-3d/

This Stereoscopy course is to be run again from today 13th November, for two weeks taking about 3 hours each week and can be done at a time convenient to you and at your own pace.  It is run online by Future Learn a private company wholly owned by The Open University, with the benefit of over 40 years of their experience in distance learning and online education.

Sign up to a FREE online course and discover why the stereoscope and stereo photography mesmerised Victorians when they first appeared at 1851’s Great Exhibition.

Many members of The Stereoscopic Society took part in this free on-line course on Stereoscopy in the past and found it very interesting.

You can learn by watching videos, listening to audio and reading articles. You can discuss topics with each other and educators will offer guidance and answer questions.

Some of the teaching material is supplied by Denis Pellerin of the London Stereoscopic Company with items from the Brian May collection of stereoscopic photographs.

Stereoscopic photography rapidly became a worldwide craze after the Great Exhibition of 1851. Cheap viewers and mass-produced stereographs brought startlingly vivid images within reach of a mass audience, making this the form in which most people first encountered photography – a fact largely ignored in conventional photographic history. 

Like the commercial suppliers of Magic Lantern slides, stereograph publishers offered systematic coverage of many subjects, even claiming that to ‘visit’ remote countries by stereo was better than risking the journey.

No reservations are required for this lecture. It will be run on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.
Doors will open 30 minutes before the start of the lecture.

Read more on Gresham College website