ECT Newsletter December 2024

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ECT Newsletter December 2024

ECT’s latest two-monthly newsletter for December is published via our newsletter archive page. It includes news on the launch of our latest virtual reality (VR) tour of an LTE - the North Wyke Farm Platform in Devon - together with the publication of our new Strategic Plan, our final small grant awards of 2024, the addition of a new LTE to our national register (Loughgall agroforestry experiment in Northern Ireland) and an update on the BIFoR-FACE climate change experiment in Staffordshire.

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ECT at BES2024 Annual Meeting

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ECT at BES2024 Annual Meeting

The charity was again delighted to be exhibiting at the BES2024 Annual Meeting in Liverpool a couple of weeks ago. We showcased our latest (fourth) long-term experiment rendered in virtual reality (VR) - the North Wyke Farm Platform in Devon. Around 120 delegates tried on our VR headsets in a packed exhibition hall.

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ECT at NewScientist Live in London

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ECT at NewScientist Live in London

ECT will be exhibiting for the first time at this year’s NewScientist Live event being held at the ExCel Centre in London on 12-14 October. Our stand will be I35, near to the ‘Our Planet’ stage, from where we will be making available to visitors our VR headset tours of LTEs in England, Scotland and Wales. View our exhibitor profile for the event.

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Filming for new ECT virtual reality experience

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Filming for new ECT virtual reality experience

ECT has just completed filming at the North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP) long-term sustainability experiment in Devon. The 360-degree film footage will be used to prepare our next immersive VR tour of a long-term experiment which will be available in our headsets at the BES Annual Meeting in Liverpool on 10-13 December.

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ECT at BES2023 Annual Meeting

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ECT at BES2023 Annual Meeting

Come and find us next week in Belfast 12-15 December at Stand No.17 in the exhibition hall at the British Ecological Society’s 2023 Annual Meeting. We will be showcasing our latest VR experience for the Plynlimon Research Catchments experiment installed on our brand new Oculus Quest 2 headsets. The virtual hot-air-balloon flight is not to be missed!

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Filming at Plynlimon Research Catchments

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Filming at Plynlimon Research Catchments

In close partnership with UKCEH Bangor and our technology providers Maple Bay Games/Aerialworx drone-filming, ECT spent two days in mid-Wales this month taking 360-degree film footage of the Plynlimon Catchments long-term term land use experiment. This will form the basis of our latest Virtual Reality (VR) headset experience which will ‘debut’ at the BES 2023 Annual Meeting in Belfast 12-15 December. Be sure to try it out!

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ECT at BES 2022 Annual Meeting in Edinburgh

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ECT at BES 2022 Annual Meeting in Edinburgh

ECT will have an exhibition stand at the British Ecological Society’s Annual Meeting in Edinburgh, 18-21 December. Please stop by Stand 2 if you are attending the event to try out our latest Virtual Reality headset tour of the local Whim Bog experiment, or browse some free ecology books to take away for a suggested optional donation to ECT.

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