Current and forthcoming exhibitions in the Main Library and online. Extended by popular demand Panoramas: the World in 360° 3 May — 2 November 2024 Main Library Exhibition Gallery, George Square Monday to Saturday, 10am-6pm Two hundred years ago the first virtual-reality experiences were born in Edinburgh, not from digital technologies, but from the mastery of painted perspective, the control of space and light, and an understanding of the psychology of human perception. Robert Barker’s Panorama rotunda in London’s Leicester Square created a sensation in the early 1790s. This exhibition explores the panorama’s history and gives you a chance to taste the experience of its very first visitors. Image Robert and Henry Aston Barker's Panorama of Edinburgh from Calton Hill, 1788, aquatint, hand-coloured, 1792 Online Exhibitions Discover online exhibitions from the Centre for Research Collections and the University community on our new exhibition platform. University of Edinburgh Online Exhibitions This article was published on 2024-08-21