Going beyond being there to bring astronomy to the world - Nature Astronomy The traditional conference format has been with us for more than a century, and yet the contemporary version remains similar in many ways. Can emerging technologies enable conferencing to evolve? The ...

9) #ASKAP #VR exhibit:
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We built a custom VR space to display @CSIRO Australian SKA Pathfinder telescope #science and #technology, sharing at three in-person exhibitions and #online to demonstrate #BeyondBeingThere 📡 #TFOM5YL

Montage of images with a central focus on a VR headset, with ten different photos showing people in different immersive spaces - giving talks, running conferences, exploring worlds and interacting socially.

For #NationalScienceWeek, I wanted to share my fave technology: the #VR headset! These enable an amazing immersive collaboration that opens up opportunities to go well #BeyondBeingThere 🙌 ❤️

#SuperStarsofSTEM #CSIROSuperStarsofSTEM #ScienceWeek #WomeninScience #ScienceAndTechnologyAustralia #CSIRO

When using VR for scientific events with @futuremeetings.bsky.social, we've found a key component for success is #BeyondBeingThere: don't try to mirror the in-person experience but leverage the online space to show full-sized interactable models, or hold discussions on an asteroid.