Snapchat’s new World Lenses are remarkable and the tech behind them may eventually end up in retail and learning environments. For now, you’ll have to settle for rainbows over your picnic table.
Are you ready for an Easter in Augmented Reality? Microsoft premiered its HoloLens Easter Egg Hunt at VRLA conference this weekend. As you can see from the image below they created a …
Market predictions have been suggesting the rise of Augmented Reality in the next 5-10 years. With AR, our world will be enveloped in digital layers of information and objects. Once the devices …
The SXSW 2017 conference-festival taking place in Austin is like no other. It starts with a conference on education and goes through interactive, tech, games, film and environment. For New Yorkers like …
Read more Favorite Spots at SXSW 2017 for VR, AR and AI Experiences
In February, I delivered a spotlight talk at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting. Sponsored jointly with the New Media Consortium (NMC), the session marked the release of the 2017 Horizon …
Read more NMC Horizon Report for Higher Education and The Future of Learning
It’s time to select the best VR of 2016 – the Digital Bodies’ VR Oscars. Our awards honor the best Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality developments. We’re covering everything from …
In early February Digital Bodies is headed to the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas. The theme for this year’s meeting is Transforming the Academy: Building Communities of Practice. …
Read more Virtual Reality Playground and VR Learning at ELI 2017
Samsung VR is offering a spectacular Virtual Reality experience this holiday season. If you’re in New York, catch the virtual ride on Santa’s sleigh in Herald Square on 34th Street. You’ll also …
Read more Samsung VR’s Amazing Virtual Sleigh Ride with Santa
Here’s DigitalBodies’ three picks for the top tech toys this year. We love to play with tech and our criteria for this year’s selection was affordability, experience and mobility. Here’s our list …
At conferences and our workshops we have been often asked questions about Virtual Reality and children in elementary schools. While the headsets like Oculus and HTC Vive are designed for 13 and …
Read more Virtual Reality and Children – My Nine Year Old Niece Dayna and VR
VR and the Future of Learning conversations kept us busy at Educause. For the second year in a row we had the privilege to facilitate a pre-conference seminar at the Educause annual …
Are you ready to shape the future of learning? The U.S. Department of Education announced a $680,000 EdSim Challenge this week for the development of virtual and augmented reality, 3D simulations, and multiplayer video …
Read more Shape the Future of Learning in the VR and AR EdSim Challenge
The Google Daydream View VR headset, announced on October 4th, will be in stores on November 10th. The headset will be available in the online Google Store and via retailers in 5 …
Read more Google Daydream View VR Headset Arrives November 10th
The annual Educause conference is a fast-paced week that brings together over 7000 EdTech and IT professionals. This year we meet in Anaheim, California. Future trends in learning is one of the …
Read more Off to Educause: VR, Visual Culture and Future Trends in Learning
The release of the UN VR app is a striking development. But let me tell you a story to put it in context. A decade ago I was sitting at Columbia’s School …
Read more The UN VR App: Telling Stories in Our Global Digital Age
In a fast-paced and tech-driven world it has become increasingly compelling to find ways to tell and share stories. As humans we love stories. We love listening to them by the campfire …
Read more Storytelling in a New Medium: Oculus VR Short Wins an Emmy
The new immersive Star Trek in VR experience is here – what can we learn from it for VR in education? Developed specifically for virtual reality, Star Trek: Bridge Crew is the only …
Read more Star Trek in VR – Why Can’t We do this with VR in Education?
I remember being a little girl a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away when sometimes I would imagine Star Wars ships flying around me in midair. They look …
Read more I Met a Wizard from Magic Leap and He told Me the Future will be Awesome
A new partnership between Lucasfilm’s ILMxLAB and Magic Leap will open new frontiers for entertainment, gaming and education. Both companies have worked with partners before, but as Wired notes, this is different: …
Read more Magic Leap and ILMxLab Partner to Create Star Wars in Mixed Reality
Who does not want to go to Mars, one of the most interesting planets in our solar system? With virtual reality travel you can stand on the surface of the red planet …
A talk on the final day of the Google I/O conference on VR and cinema highlighted the challenges we face in developing virtual reality as a new medium of storytelling. Over the …
Here’s the Google VR news from the wide-ranging keynote at the I/O conference. The speculation that we’d see a new VR headset didn’t come to pass. But we got designs and standards for …
Interested in the impact of VR in education? Maya Georgieva and Bryan Alexander will explore how the emerging technologies of Virtual Reality, Augmented and Mixed Reality may reshape the future of learning. …
Read more VR in Education: A Future Trends Forum Conversation with Bryan Alexander
The new Innovators issue of the New Yorker comes with augmented reality (AR) to offer readers a unique interactive experience. Designed by the illustrator Christoph Niemann, the cover and pages of the magazine are transformed …
Read more New Yorker Magazine gets Creative with Augmented Reality Cover
Virtual reality was the focus of the final night at the Tribeca Film Festival Unscripted & Immersive Talks series. It brought the artists of Vrse and its founder Chris Milk to the stage. …
Read more Tribeca Film Festival VR Talk with Chris Milk and Vrse
The New York Times NYT VR project is a tipping point for the 164 year old institution. While we are still early in the experiment with eight virtual reality projects completed, it …
Tribeca Film Festival 2016 is having an amazing line up of Virtual Reality Experiences and events this April. Mark your calendar for Storyscapes, April 14 – 17, IMAGINATION Talks on April 19 and …
Read more Virtual Reality Experiences @ Tribeca Film Festival 2016