Storytelling and Content presentation with the Virtual Showcase in a museum context
https://www.academia.edu/29362004/Storytelling_and_Content_presentation_with_the_Virtual_Showcase_in_a_museum_context
This paper gives an overview of the Virtual Showcase as an augmented reality display system for museums. It explains about different hardware prototypes, interaction tools as well as several software techniques to utilize the features of the Virtual Showcase. It also presents two case studies, one from paleontology and one from archeology.
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EUROGRAPHICS 2003
Alternative Augmented Reality Approaches: Concepts,Techniques, and Applications
https://www.academia.edu/2742594/Alternative_Augmented_Reality_Approaches_Concepts_Techniques_and_Applications
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more on Digital Storytelling in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=digital+storytelling
on AR in education in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=Augmented+reality+education
https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/badging-blockchain-documenting-skills-learned
LinkedIn’s 2020 list of skills in most demand includes these soft skills at the very top:
- Creativity
- Persuasion
- Collaboration
- Adaptability
And these hard skills at the very top:
- Blockchain
- Cloud computing
- Analytical reasoning
- Artificial intelligence
Further steps have been taken independently by universities that are utilizing blockchain technology to disseminate transcripts containing rich detail and documentation not available in the traditional paper document.
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more on blockchain in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=blockchain
more on microcredentialing in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=microcredential
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
Will this semester forever alter college? No, but some virtual tools will stick around
Conceiving, planning, designing and developing a genuine online course or program can consume as much as a year of faculty training and collaboration with instructional designers, and often requires student orientation and support and a complex technological infrastructure.
If anything, what people are mistaking now for online education — long class meetings in videoconference rooms, professors in their bathrobes, do-it-yourself tools made of rubber bands and cardboard — appears to be making them less, not more, open to it.
Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19
Faculty Playbook
https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/tools/delivering-high-quality-instruction-in-response-to-covid-19-faculty-playbook/
OLC Ideate—Virtual Salon Series
https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/learn/olc-ideate-virtual-events/
OLC Quality Scorecard Suite
https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/consult/olc-quality-scorecard-suite/
Angela Gunder: http://angelagunder.com/
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more on OLC in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2019/04/03/olc-collaborate/
How Google’s New Career Certificates Could Disrupt the College Degree
Each of the new certificate programs is available on the online course platform Coursera, which works with universities and organizations like Google to offer courses, certifications, and degrees in various subjects. Students will need to enroll with Coursera to take the new certificate programs.
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more on microcredentialing in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=microcredential
Ming-Chi Kuo says it will weigh less than 150 grams
A weight of 150 grams would make Apple’s headset lighter than the Oculus Quest 2 (503 grams), Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 (645 grams), and the Valve Index (809 grams). It would be lighter than Google’s Daydream View, a fabric VR headset designed to hold your phone, which weighed 220 grams. The headset could even be lighter than your iPhone, given that the standard iPhone 12 weighs 164 grams.
The headset, codenamed “N301,” may also have 8K displays, eye-tracking technology, and more than a dozen cameras to both track your hand movements and capture footage that can be displayed inside the headsetapp
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2021/03/25/tech-cycle-ar-vr/
What Is Starlink? SpaceX’s Much-Hyped Satellite Internet Service Explained
Are you curious about Starlink and whether Elon Musk’s satellite internet technology is right for you? We answer the most pressing questions about the system that’s currently shaking up the ISP market.
Installing fiber in a city, and bringing Gigabit broadband to million of customers is certainly lucrative, but not so much in a rural area home to only a few hundred people.
The satellite internet system from SpaceX is capable of delivering 150Mbps internet speeds to theoretically any place on the planet. All the customer needs is a clear view of the sky.
Starlink currently costs $99 a month. You’ll also have to pay a one-time $499 fee for the Starlink satellite dish and Wi-Fi router, which the company will ship to your home.
Starlink is currently delivering 80Mbps to 150Mbps in download speeds and about 30Mbps in upload speeds, according to users. Meanwhile, latency comes in at around 30 milliseconds, which is on par with ground-based internet. Later this year, SpaceX plans on bumping up the download speeds to 300Mbps, while bringing down the latency to 20ms.
https://youtu.be/5plhVEmHjWE