Apr
2022
Army mixed reality goggles
Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
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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
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more on mixed reality in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=mixed+reality
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more on VR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=virtual+reality
http://pdf.101com.com/CampusTech/2017/701921020/CAM_1702DG.pdf
p. 22 Extensive costs for VR design and development drive the need for collaborative efforts.
Case Western Reserve University, demonstrates a collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic and Microsoft to create active multi-dimensional learning using holography.
the development of more affordable high-quality virtual reality solutions.
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list of resources that can help educators find what they need
Google Expeditions
This virtual reality field trip tool works in conjunction with Google Cardboard and has just been officially released. The app allows teachers to guide students through an exploration of 200 (and growing) historical sites and natural resources in an immersive, three-dimensional experience. The app only works on Android devices and is free.
Flippity
This app works in conjunction with Google Sheets and allows teachers to easily make a Jeopardy-style game.
Google Science Journal
This Android app allows users to do science experiments with mobile phones. Students can use sensors in the phone or connect external sensors to collect data, but can also take notes on observations, analyze and annotate within the app.
Google Cast
This simple app solves issues of disparate devices in the classroom. When students download the app, they can project from their devices onto the screen at the front of the room easily. āYou donāt have to have specific hardware, you just have to have Wi-Fi,ā
Constitute
This site hosts a database of constitutions from around the world. Anything digitally available has been aggregated here. It is searchable by topic and will pull out specific excerpts related to search terms like āfreedom of speech.ā
YouTube
a database of YouTube Channels by subject to help educators with discoverability (hint subjects are by tab along the bottom of the document).
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More on VR in this IMS bloghttps://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=virtual+reality
Apple mixed reality headset to have two 8K displays, cost $3000 ā The Information from r/gadgets
Apple mixed-reality headset to have two 8K displays, cost $3,000 ā The Information
Appleās known interest in this field has so far focused more onĀ augmented realityĀ (AR) than virtual reality (VR), but the recent reports point to a mixed-reality device, which would be mostly VR but including some real-world elements.
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=apple+glass
https://www.theverge.com/21077484/apple-tim-cook-ar-augmented-reality
While he once said it wasĀ hard to see the appeal of Google Glass, the AR wearable that proved unpopular with consumers, heās held a consistently positive opinion on AR since at least 2016.
AR features are already available on the iPhone and iPad. And while hope is starting to fade that Apple will release a mixed reality device in 2022, theĀ latest rumors suggestĀ the company is still forging ahead with some kind of AR / VR headset to be released in the not-distant future.