Posts Tagged ‘VR virtual reality’

The iLRN SOXR 2021 Outlook Report

 

State of XR & Immersive Learning 2021 Outlook Report
p. 12 about VR and AR
p. 15 about social VR platforms
p. 39 CAVE like environment for Nursing students

p. 43 The FUTURE Time Traveller is a project developed and co-funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme and coordinated by Bulgaria’s Business Foundation for Education in partnership with seven national organizations.

p. 46 obstacles – disabilities

p. 48 California State University Northridge, which has developed an MA in Instructional Design with a focus on XR and immersive games and simulations

 

VR in business school

Temple’s business school sees virtual reality as future of online learning

https://www.inquirer.com/business/remote-learning-vr-mba-20210423.html

a finance professor at Temple University and academic director of its online MBA, has tested that belief since March 2020, when he launched the class Fintech, Blockchain and Digital Disruption in a virtual reality, or VR, program.

It took 18 months to research the technology and build the course at a cost upward of $100,000. The finished product was completed with the help of Glimpse Group, a New York-based virtual reality and augmented reality company.

“When I teach classes on Zoom, there’s a disconnect,” Ozkan said. “When we asked students last year to compare their VR experience to Zoom, almost all of them said [VR] is better or much better. Which is why we decided to offer it again this year.”

When the 18 students enrolled in the seven-week accelerated course this semester put on their VR headsets, they entered one of two lecture halls modeled after actual rooms on the Temple campus. Students customize their avatars before the semester.

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more on immersive in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=immersive

Poland History House: a Virtual Museum

https://connect.ala.org/acrl/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=201cb2b4-2641-446e-aef3-8c5415498be2&CommunityKey=aea34cd1-cbc4-4304-8527-ff61e5607522&Home=/acrl/communities/community-home/recent-community-events

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more on virtual worlds in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=virtual+worlds

 

VR in Assisted-Living Facilities

Virtual Reality Brings Joy to People in Assisted-Living Facilities

Studies show improved emotional health among residents who watch VR images

https://www.wsj.com/articles/virtual-reality-brings-joy-to-people-in-assisted-living-facilities-11616760002

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more on VR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=virtual+reality

Virtual Worlds lab for IM 554

IM 554, Skills for Online Learning and Teaching

Topic for the lab this week: Virtual Worlds (VW): ASVR

Plan:

Prior to class meeting

During class meeting

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more on IM 554 in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=554

working in VR

I spent two weeks working in VR and now I’m not sure what’s real

From scribbling on whiteboards on a beach to replying to emails in outer space, could a VR headset be the answer to WFH woes?

An app called Work in VR promises to rescue me with an ingenious solution that uses a webcam to overlay a real-time video of my keyboard into the virtual world.

Steam’s Bigscreen — an app that mirrors your desktop while letting you collaborate and play games with virtual friends (or their 3D avatars, to be more precise), in real time. Bigscreen

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more on immersive in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=immersive

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