Digital Bodies - VR, AR, Wearables, Education

The Latest News on Microsoft’s HoloLens and AR Apps

February 23, 2019 by Emory Craig

This has been a week of news on Microsoft’s HoloLens and AR Developments. First, we hear that a HoloLens AR App is coming to iOS and Android devices later this spring. And on Sunday, we’ll get …

Walmart’s New VR Experience – Selling Merchandise in a Parking Lot

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 by Emory Craig

The latest Walmart VR experience is not designed to help their employees cope with Black Friday crowds, but sell products. And it’s a sign that the future of retail lays in immersive experiences. Walmart has teamed …

LEGO® Embraces the Future – AR Play Spaces

February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 by Emory Craig

AR Play Spaces in the new Lego Hidden Side

If any company can grasp the potential of AR play spaces, it has to the privately held Danish firm LEGO®. They understand how to create compelling experiences for kids and adults. Even the splash page of …

AR Google Maps – Lessons for our Future Smart Glasses

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 by Emory Craig

At the Google I/O conference last spring, we were promised AR Google Maps – augmented reality directions on the one app we all find indispensable. It’s been a long wait, and it’s not over yet. But the …

Our prediction: New HoloLens 2 will be Released on Feb 24th

February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 by Emory Craig

New HoloLens 2 to be released at MWC 2019

After seeing the latest video from Microsoft, it’s clear the new HoloLens 2 will be released on February 24. Expect to see it at the Microsoft event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Usually, we don’t …

VR AR Videos from the Sundance Immersive Stage

February 10, 2019February 10, 2019 by Maya Georgieva

The Sundance immersive stage in the New Frontier program offered cutting-edge projects with immersive technologies. We’ve been going to Sundance for the last five years and love our all-too-brief visits to Park City and its snow-peaked …

Madefire’s Comics in Mixed Reality for the Magic Leap One

February 10, 2019 by Emory Craig

Madefire’s new app for the Magic Leap One is a fascinating development. It’s not just that you can watch 3D comics through a ground-breaking headset. It’s that you can publish your own comics in Mixed Reality. …

Expressive Avatars Come a Step Closer

February 7, 2019February 6, 2019 by Emory Craig

Expressive Avatars launching in closed beta will be highly realistic and set the stage for Social VR.

Back at OC5 conference in 2018, Oculus announced the launch of their “Expressive Avatars” by the end of the year. As the Oculus Blog put it, the idea was to feature realistic avatars with, . . . …

The Messy Truth VR Experience wins a Lumiere™ Award

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 by Emory Craig

We’re soaking up all the VR that the Sundance Film Festival has to offer this week and missed the recent Lumiere™ Awards. But it’s worth noting the recognition for Van Jones and Elijah Allan-Blitz’s project, The Messy Truth …

Media and Events

Emory Craig and Jesse Damiani discuss the future of VR, AR, and XR on the AV Life Podcast.

Emory Craig is speaking at the AIM North conference on VR and AI as Catalysts for Innovation in Learning, Nov. 7th

Emory Craig is speaking at the OECD Workshop on DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY FOR SCIENCE AND INNOVATION at OsloMet University in Norway, Nov. 5-6th

We're at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Denver to do a Preconference workshop on 360° Video and other sessions on VR during the week of Oct. 29th.

Maya Georgieva did an Ignite talk on Storytelling at the Connected Learning Summit at the MIT Media Lab on August 1.

See Maya Georgieva's insights on how Mixed Reality and Magic Leap will transform learning on EdSurge

July 13: Emory Craig spoke at the Fair Media Council on "How Immersive Experiences will Transform Business, Education, and Social Life."

Emory Craig is at Montclair Film on June 29 for a special screening of Sleep Dealer followed by a talk on the ethical landscape of VR and AI in non-fiction storytelling.

We are at the Realities360 conference in San Jose, CA, June 25-28 to do a workshop on 360 Video and a talk on VR and Ethics

Maya Georgieva will be speaking at a joint session between the European Commission (EC) and the European Parliament in Brussels on "VR and the Future of Education". April 2018.

360° Storytelling Faculty Development Workshop I New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS). Feb 2018.

At SXSWedu? Join Maya Georgieva for a talk on The Future of Learning: The Convergence of VR, AR, & AI. Mar 5, 2018.

Emory Craig will be a speaker on the EdSurge panel - A Flipped Future? Lightning Talks on Teaching. Mar 5, 2018.

At the NJASL Unconference for Librarians for a presentation on VR and the Future of Learning. South Brunswick, NJ. March 3rd.

VR and AR: Driving Pedagogical Innovation through Vision and Strategy. Preconference Workshop. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting.
Crafting Compelling Narratives and Experiences in VR and AR. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting.
Virtual Reality, Digital Literacy, and Ethics in the Age of the Metaverse. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting.