EDUCAUSE 2015

Virtual Reality resources for the EDUCAUSE 2015 Preconference workshop, “Augmented Minds, Smart Bodies: Wearable Tech Enters the Academy.”

Educause 2015 Virtual Reality Resources

Virtual Reality Apps	iOS	Android
JauntVR	Jaunt VR	Jaunt VR
Jaunt is an online source of cinematic VR Recommended: Inside Syria ABCNews report
VRSE	VRSE	VRSE
Recommended: U2, “Song for Someone” Recommended: Clouds Over Sidra – (large download – 700Mb) – this video will be available on separate VR headsets)
IM360	IM360	IM360
Click on Mode and select 3D Side/Side If you look down at the symbol at your feet, you will move
EON Reality	EON Reality	EON Reality
World’s largest Virtual Reality Library Recommended: Egypt 360 Photosphere (large download – 700Mb)
You Visit VR	You Visit VR	You Visit VR
Travel sites, businesses and some universities here. Interesting VR interface – stare at the globes to access content
Google Cardboard App	Cardboard	Cardboard
360 immersive scenes demonstrating Google Cardboard
WeShareVR	WeShareVR	WeShareVR
A marketplace to share and exchange Virtual Reality files Recommended: Ivan Fisher’s Budapest Festival Orchestra
360 Immersive Photo Apps
RoundMe	RoundMe
Note that if you position a floating bubble shaped icon in the middle of the viewer, you will be transported to another location
360 Panorama	360 Panorama	360 Panorama
Very easy to create your own 360 immersive photographs
American Museum of Natural History
360 immersive tour of the American Museum of Natural History through your laptop

EDUCAUSE 2015 Cardboard Survey: Google Cardboard Survey

We are speaking at EDUCAUSE on Thursday, October 12 | 9:45AM–10:05AM CT on The New Ethical Frontier: AI in Higher Education and Society.

Maya Georgieva will be speaking at SXSWedu on Tuesday, March 7th, 3:30 PM, on the The Future of Learning in the Metaverse.

Maya Georgieva in EdTech Magazine What Is a Metaversity, and Should You Create One on Your Campus?

The Metaverse Revolution with Maya Georgieva and others at Skylight Modern Gallery, in New York City.

Emory Craig will be speaking at the GESS Education Global Leadership Summit, Tuesday, March 23rd at 10:30 AM (EDT) on "Learning in Virtual Worlds: How Augmented and Virtual Reality is Transforming Education in a Global Pandemic."

Join us at the ShapingEDU Winter Games this week! Lunch Session: Wednesday January 6, 12:30-1:00pm MST for the latest on the Hummersive Learning Project and a breakout session on Thursday, 10:45am MST on "Learning with Embodied Avatars in the Future."

Join us at the iLRN Conference where we'll present as co-authors the Executive Summary of the State of XR Report at 1:00pm (EST), June 23rd - immersively in VirBELA.

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