Our 360° camera has been capturing the several NIOZ AUV trial missions in the Gulf of Genoa! VirtualShip has joined the newly designed NIOZ research vessel, Anna Weber-van Bosse, in a northern Mediterranean trialing of its Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) – part of a concerted Marine Robotics programme spearheaded at NIOZ from 2025 onwards.

Emma and Gonçalo boarded the AWvB in the Port of Genoa on Thursday, 25 June, and will be accompanying all things AUV, CTD, hopper video frame deployments and recoveries to further develop VirtualShip’s VR material. We are also lucky to be onboard while Dr. Fleur Visser’s Deep Sea Prey research is undertaken! It is allowing us to learn about cetacean feeding behaviour, as well as video monitoring applications.

It is engrossing to join this dual expedition and translate the AWvB’s bustling days into VirtualShip’s audience!