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Virtual reality brings heritage travels to care homes and hospice residents

WHILE the timeless march of technological progress may have brought down the axe on steam in BR days, modern advancements will help bring the Bodmin &Wenford Railway and others to those who are not fit or able enough to visit in person – thanks to virtual reality.

Earlier this year, Prof Robert (Bob) Stone, emeritus professor of XR and human factors within the school of engineering at the University of Birmingham, and also director of the university’s human interface technologies team, got in touch with the BWR, asking to film a trip along

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