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Remarkable Developments in Facebook’s Lifelike Avatars

February 6, 2020March 14, 2019 by Emory Craig
Facebook's lifelike avatars making significant progress

For all the progress in virtual reality, realistic avatars and social VR remain a fundamental challenge. It comes as no surprise that, Facebook’s lifelike avatars have …

Categories 360 Video

Lawnmower Man Director Brett Leonard’s 360 Videos at SXSW

February 7, 2020March 8, 2019 by Emory Craig
Brett Leonard 360 videos at SXSW

Here’s a chance to experience some innovative 360 videos at SXSW if you’re in Austin, Texas. They’re coming from Brett Leonard, director of Lawnmower Man, which …

Categories AI, Virtual Reality

VR and AI Soft Skills Training Raises Fascinating Questions

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 by Emory Craig
VR and AI soft skills training raises questions about our deeply immersive and AI future.

You may have seen Talespin’s announcement earlier this week for VR and AI soft skills training. It’s just the proverbial tip of the iceberg of what’s …

Categories Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality

CNN Magic Leap App – Lots of Potential, No Immersion

February 8, 2020March 2, 2019 by Emory Craig
CNN Magic Leap App Released

The CNN Magic Leap app is out, and we’re underwhelmed. You’ll be able to pop on your Magic Leap One headset, sit down at your breakfast …

Categories Mixed Reality

Is HoloLens 2 Really a Breakthrough Device?

March 8, 2020February 28, 2019 by Emory Craig
HoloLens 2 Mixed Reality HMD

Now that the dust has settled with the arrival of the hotly anticipated HoloLens 2 at MWC Barcelona (formerly Mobile World Congress), it’s time to take …

Categories Augmented Reality

An AR Activity Book for Hospitalized Children

February 8, 2020February 26, 2019 by Emory Craig
AR Activity Book at OSF Healthcare Children’s Hospital of Illinois.

Jump Simulation is distributing a wonderful AR activity book to children at OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois. The 22-page, 3-D interactive coloring-activity book focuses on …

Categories Future, Mixed Reality

Live-Stream of Microsoft Future of Computing from MWC 2019

February 8, 2020February 24, 2019 by Emory Craig
Microsoft HoloLens 2 - is it the future of computing?

We’ll be following the live-stream this morning of the Microsoft Future of Computing event from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. HoloLens was introduced four long years …

Categories Mixed Reality

The Latest News on Microsoft’s HoloLens and AR Apps

February 8, 2020February 23, 2019 by Emory Craig
Microsoft AR HoloLens News

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 …

Categories VR News

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

February 17, 2020February 18, 2019 by Emory Craig
Walmart's new VR experience

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 …

Categories Augmented Reality

LEGO® Embraces the Future – AR Play Spaces

February 8, 2020February 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 …

Categories Augmented Reality

AR Google Maps – Lessons for our Future Smart Glasses

February 8, 2020February 14, 2019 by Emory Craig
AR Google Maps finally arrives

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 …

Categories Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality

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

February 8, 2020February 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 …

Categories Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality

VR AR Videos from the Sundance Immersive Stage

February 7, 2020February 10, 2019 by Maya Georgieva
Sundance VR AR Experiences

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 …

Categories Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality

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

February 8, 2020February 10, 2019 by Emory Craig
Madefire comics in mixed reality

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 …

Categories Virtual Reality

Expressive Avatars Come a Step Closer

February 7, 2020February 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 …

Categories Virtual Reality, VR Experience

The Messy Truth VR Experience wins a Lumiere™ Award

February 1, 2020February 3, 2019 by Emory Craig
The Messy Truth VR Experience wins a Lumiere™ Award

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 …

Categories AI, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality

Sundance VR program experiments with Mixed Reality and AI

February 8, 2020January 31, 2019 by Emory Craig
Sundance VR Program - Sundance Film Festival, Park City Utah

We’re on our way to the Sundance VR program at the popular film festival in Park City. We’ll have some reflections later this weekend and next …

Categories 360 Video

VR cameras on the space station for your virtual spacewalk

January 29, 2019 by Emory Craig
VR cameras on the space station - The ISS Experience by Time and Felix and Paul Studios

Immersive technology projects are showing up everywhere. Even in outer space. A project of Time and the always creative Felix and Paul Studios is putting VR cameras on …

Categories Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, VR News

Market Report: VR grew by 30% in 2018

February 7, 2020January 28, 2019 by Emory Craig
VR grew by 30% due to PSVR

After a string of dismal predictions and much hand-wringing last year, it turns out that VR grew by 30% in 2018. The latest report by market …

Categories Virtual Reality

Innovative Medical VR Projects are Transforming Pediatric Care

February 7, 2020January 25, 2019 by Emory Craig
Medical VR Children's National Hospital

We see a lot of amazing virtual reality projects these days, but medical VR stands out for its immediate impact. You might even see medical simulations …

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News, Media, and Events

  • 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 interviewed 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.

The EDUCAUSE-ELI Series, “VR/AR: Stepping into the New Frontier of Learning”

Article Series: Stepping into the New Frontier of Learning

Articles from our New Frontier of Learning series for the EDUCAUSE Review (and summaries of the articles):

  • From VR and AR to Our XR Future: Transforming Higher Education
  • VR and AR: The Ethical Challenges Ahead
  • VR and AR: The Art of Immersive Storytelling and Journalism
  • VR and AR: Learners as Creators and World Builders of Our Immersive Future
  • VR and AR: Designing Spaces for Immersive Learning
  • VR and AR: Transforming Learning and Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • VR and AR: Driving a Revolution in Medical Education & Patient Care
  • AR and VR in STEM: The New Frontiers in Science
  • A New World: VR and AR Tech Developments
  • Introducing the VR and AR Series: Stepping Into the New Frontier of Learning Series

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