GLASGOW.- The Glasgow School of Art‘s Digital Design Studio (DDS) has won a grant of £139,531 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for new research to improve access to, and knowledge of, the UK’s virtual heritage. The purpose of the project is to improve interpretation of a detailed, photorealistic 3D model of the famous 1938 British Empire Exhibition held in Glasgow, which the DDS created as part of a previous AHRC project. Aiming to provide an extensible toolkit for researchers to use with other 3D datasets, the project will improve interpretation of the Exhibition by linking, in a meaningful way, the related cultural artefacts on which the 3D model was based with the modelled data itself. The 1938 British Empire Exhibition was a stunning display of architectural achievement and a reflection of the life and culture of Glasgow, the UK and the Commonwealth. It incorporated over 100 innovative buildings, inclu