Visitors to St Andrews will be able to take a virtual flight over the town this weekend thanks to new drone technology.
360° video of the town has been captured by drones, and will be projected through immersive, virtual reality headsets for people to enjoy.
The project, entitled Let’s Take Flight, is part of a day of activities organised by Fife photographer Kit Martin and St Andrews University students.
The event coincides with an exhibition entitled Skyward: a Study in Flight which is on display in the Gateway Galleries until Sunday. Skyward was curated by postgraduate students from the museum and gallery studies Masters degree and tells the story of Professor James Bell Pettigrew’s quest to build a flying machine in St Andrews over a century ago.
The exhibition also features winged specimens from the university’s natural history collections alongside a series of cyanotypes and photographs by Kit.
Kit will also show visitors how to make cyanotapes, a centuries-old form of photography, on the day.
Alice Sartori, a student behind the event, said: “Come along to the Gateway Galleries and have fun with our activities. If art and flight are your cups of tea, Let’s Take Flight is an event you can’t miss.”
The special event is part of the national Festival of Museums and the virtual flights will be available on Sunday between noon and 4pm.
Fellow student, Catherine Anne Cassidy, added: “Every visitor will have the chance to try virtual reality, which is very exciting. The content has been created just for the Festival of Museums and is absolutely breathtaking.”