Archive of ‘technology’ category

10
Mar
2021

FrameVR

categories: VR

https://framevr.io/

(from Virbela Labs)

Directions: https://youtu.be/j52snzy49Hg and https://youtu.be/99JPA-3tajs

“Frame” is the “classroom,” generates its own URL.

To enter my classroom, you just need use that URL, hit enter.

up to 3 free frames.

MNimmersive team, I created a room for us: https://framevr.io/teaching-vr

Constraints: while it seems free, the cap for the “inventory” (360 degrees photos and videos included) is 500MB

It is available for PC/Mac, mobile devices and goggles (best on Oculus)

Help is in Discord:

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more on virtual worlds in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2021/03/10/working-in-vr/

10
Mar
2021

working in VR

categories: 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

10
Mar
2021

practise medicine in VR

categories: AR, VR

Virtual reality has found a new role: Teaching doctors to deal with patients

Medical students and junior doctors are increasingly learning to practise medicine in VR

https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2021/03/10/journal-of-applied-instructional-design-jaid/

While COVID is driving clinical learning to VR, the teaching of human anatomy — which typically takes place in the early years of a medical degree — has already shifted to virtual reality in some universities. Case Western Reserve University’s medical school, for example, had been teaching anatomy on campus through content on Microsoft Hololens, rather than by dissecting cadavers as many universities do. Now, with students unable to come onto campus, the university has shipped headsets to students at home so they can continue learning at home.

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

03
Mar
2021

AR VR engineering education

categories: AR, educational technology, gamification, instructional technology, student-centered learning, VR

Using AR/VR for Innovative Engineering Education

The use of AR/VR in educational settings is on the rise, paving the way for new careers and a workforce trained to embrace technology.

If projections stay on track, the global spending on educational AR/VR is expected to rise from $1.8 billion to $12.6 billion over the next four years.

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the International Data Corporation (IDC) released a report indicating that the pandemic has fueled an impressive forecast of worldwide expenditures on AR/VR, which are expected to grow from $12 billion in 2020 to $72.8 billion by 2024.

rom completing spinal surgery to training at a high-tech facility, such as the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Davis Global Center, which has AR/VR and holographic technologies among its many offerings.

University of Hong Kong–Innovation Academy

Home (innoacademy)

MIT–MIT.nano Immersion Lab

the MIT.nano Immersion Lab, an open-access facility for all MIT students, faculty, researchers and external users.

University of Michigan–Augmented Tectonics

Purdue University–Skill-XR

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2016/Q2/new-tool-for-virtual-and-augmented-reality-uses-deep-learning.html

UC Berkeley–InsightXR

https://cto.berkeley.edu/innovation/berkeley-changemaker-technology-innovation-grants/vrtutor

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

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