VRGeoscience

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Today we are back in , UK, for another look at the Namurian age Upper Haslingden Flags! These stunning deltaic deposits, part of the Carboniferous Millstone Grit Group, comprise a variety of lithologies from mudstone to cross-bedded medium-grained sandstones.

📌 Want to explore the outcrop virtually? Then go to outcrop.io:
https://outcrop.io/outcrops/d31373d0-1e7b-4fe1-a7e4-4af459798c7b

3.3 Build 12 is live and ready for download.

One of the things we take pride in at is our regular release cycle. Our development pipeline enables us to deploy updates every week, meaning bug fixes, improvements, and new features reach our users fast - not months down the line.

VRGS provides geoscientists and geotechnical engineers with a powerful, integrated platform for visualising, interpreting, and analysing 3D geological datasets - whether on desktop or in immersive . From and imports to structural analysis of bedding, faults, and fractures, VRGS is built for the way modern geoscience works.

This latest build brings further refinements to ensure a stable and productive workflow for your digital outcrop projects.
If you'd like to learn more about VRGS, feel free to reach out directly or get in touch with us at VRGeoscience.

🌍 Today is the International Day for Digital Learning 2026, and this year's theme is "Building Digital Futures for Public Education".

Fieldwork has always been the heartbeat of geoscience education. There's no substitute for standing at an outcrop, reading the rock, and building that spatial intuition from the ground up.

But for many students - for a whole range of different reasons - that outcrop is simply out of reach.

That's where virtual field training changes the equation.

With immersive 3D geological models, photogrammetry-captured outcrops, and interactive analysis tools, lets us bring world-class field exposures directly into the classroom and, with outcrop.io, share them globally.

This isn't about replacing the field. It's about making the field accessible, repeatable, and scalable - so that no student's education is limited by geography, budget, or circumstance.

Happy International Day for Digital Learning to everyone working to make that future real.

🌱Environmental Geology and Site Characterisation
Environmental assessments often demand a rapid, detailed understanding of geological conditions - especially where human activity intersects with sensitive ecosystems.
Digital outcrops generated in VRGS allow geoscientists to:
✅Characterise stratigraphy and structural features
✅Assess rock-mass quality
✅Map faults, joints and weathering profiles
✅Integrate drone-acquired datasets for rapid, repeatable surveys

For contaminated-land investigations, landslide studies and restoration projects, digital geology is proving to be a more efficient and transparent way to communicate site conditions to stakeholders. With VRGS you can readily create immersive walkthroughs, clear visual explanations alongside quantitative analysis as well as shared virtual environments.

Find out more about VRGS at www.vrgeoscience.com

This flythrough combines two digital outcrop models of the Mam Tor landslip (Castleton, UK) and the DEFRA 1.0m DEM with Cesium Ion imagery and elevation data.

Where it all began. 🏛️
The Williamson Building, The University of Manchester - birthplace of in 2003, and where VRGeoscience Limited was founded in 2020.
Over two decades of continuous development later, we enter year 7 as a company - and the tools keep getting more powerful.
This model showcases the integration in , displaying high-resolution Google tiles, with the VRGS flight path and video-recording tools used to capture the scene.

🌐 Get a preview of our new geoscience data sharing platform: outcrop.io
The VRGeoscience journey continues. 👇
www.vrgeoscience.com

Quick-Tip: Setting up a project with global elevation data

In this bite-sized tutorial, we walk through creating a new project, defining a region of interest anywhere in the world, and downloading ion elevation data - all in under a minute.

Whether you're building a digital outcrop model or scoping out a new field area, this is the fastest way to get terrain data loaded and ready to work with.

See more of our tutorials on the channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPWTN5nOcsd9r4isHOeLvnzeO8nLAlFz1

Choosing the right geology software can feel like a big commitment. With VRGS, you do not have to decide blindly.

Our free one-month trial gives you full access to the platform used for digital outcrops, virtual field trips and quantitative geological analysis around the world. During your 30-day trial you can:

Visualise complex geology in intuitive 3D, on desktop and in VR

Help non-technical stakeholders understand subsurface risk using clear visuals

Quantify structures, stratigraphy and rock-mass properties from real-world outcrops

No feature restrictions. No hidden conditions. Just a complete VRGS experience for 30 days.

Start your trial here:
https://www.vrgeoscience.com/get-trial/

It's , and we're revisiting our Flamborough Head (NE England) Cretaceous chalk dataset.
This model integrates three data sources at very different spatial resolutions - a high-resolution outcrop model, a 1m DEM, and the Cesium ion global elevation dataset - blended together in VRGS to provide greater context when interpreting digital outcrop data.

If you'd like to see what VRGS can do for your outcrop data, get in touch. We're always happy to give a demo.