Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
Apple Glass…2021 could be a revolutionary year for the tech industry… Video Credit – Ben Geskin from r/iphone
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/apple-glasses
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more on apple glass in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=apple+glass
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/virtual-burning-man-kickstarts-microsofts-social-vr-efforts-scoble/
Lots of words will be typed about how it compares to the real thing. Here, let me save it for you, it doesn’t. Real life is analog, far sharper, far more interesting, and far more fun than anything you can experience in VR. Even for decades to come.
VR is more accessible than real life and, soon, the numbers of attendees will dwarf those who can attend in real life (somewhere around 70,000 attended last year). It is more interactive (and you can navigate it much faster). It is more comfortable for sure. Are these tradeoffs worth not going?
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more on virtual reality in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=virtual+reality
https://library.educause.edu/-/media/files/library/2020/8/eli7174.pdf
Virtual labs simulate the tools, equipment, tests, and procedures used in chemistry, biochemistry, physics, biology, and other disciplines.
*NEW* @ForbesTech Say goodbye to the @oculus brand, and hello to @FacebookHorizon @WalmartInc @microsoft @oracle @softbank might value each @tiktok_us over $100 Also more @apple deals and patents and @FortniteGame @EpicGames @VirBELA1 value triples https://t.co/hs9pRDwjd6
— Charlie Fink (@CharlieFink) August 28, 2020
https://www.oculus.com/facebook-horizon/
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more on Oculus in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=oculus
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more of Rob Theriault in this IMS blog
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more on Apple Glass in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=apple+glass
‘Apple Glass’ users may be able to manipulate AR images with any real object from r/gadgets
With AR and especially with what Apple refers to as Mixed Reality (MR), it’s great to be able to see an iPad Pro in front of you, but you need to be able to use it. You have to be able to pick up a virtual object and use it, or otherwise AR is no better than a 3D movie.
Apple’s proposed solution is described in “Manipulation of Virtual Objects using a Tracked Physical Object,” a patent application filed in January 2020 but only revealed this week. It suggests that truly mixing realities, in that the virtual object could be mapped onto an actual object in the real world.
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more on Apple Glass in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=apple+glass
Google Looks To Bolster Its Smart Glasses Hardware With North Acquisition from r/gadgets
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2020/06/google-acquires-north
Google has announced that it is acquiring North.
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more on google glass in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=google+glass
GIGXR, Inc., a provider of extended reality (XR) learning systems for instructor-led teaching and training, announced today the availability of its GIG Immersive Learning System for the Fall 2020 Northern Hemisphere academic year. The cloud-based System was created to dramatically enhance learning outcomes while simplifying complex, real-life teaching and training scenarios in medical and nursing schools, higher education, healthcare and hospitals.
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more on mixed reality in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=mixed+reality
My note: Consider these SCSU courses:
LIB 490/590 Digital Storytelling and Virtual Reality: https://web.stcloudstate.edu/pmiltenoff/lib490/
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IM 690 Virtual and Augmented Reality for Instructional Designers
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more on immersive journalism in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=immersive+journalism
and storytelling
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=storytelling