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New Skin Patch Could Add Virtual Touch to VR

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 by Emory Craig
Virtual touch through - a revolution in haptic feedback through a new silicon skin patch

A newly invented skin patch could bring virtual touch to our VR experiences. Up to now, virtual reality has mostly been confined to visual and audio sensations. Adding haptics through virtual touch would open new opportunities …

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Categories Virtual Reality

Haptic feedback: the sensation of weight in VR

July 28, 2019 by Emory Craig
haptic feedback - the sensation of weight in VR

Two German engineers have addressed a missing element in haptic feedback – the sensation of weight in VR. Up to now, our haptic devices have focused on our hands and body. You feel like you are …

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Categories Virtual Reality

Feel VR experiences with the Ryg haptic vest

October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 by Emory Craig
Ryg Haptic Vest will let you feel VR experiences

Virtual reality has been all about sight, but the Ryg haptic vest gives you new ways to feel VR experiences. To our mind, haptic vests have been what we’d charitably call a work in progress. They’ve gotten sleeker, do …

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Categories Future, Virtual Reality

Full body VR – the HoloSuit haptic feedback outfit

July 10, 2018 by Emory Craig
HoloSuit full body VR

If you’re ready for a full body VR experience, you might want to take a look at the HoloSuit project on Kickstarter. Put this on and you’ll definitely feel like you’re entering the virtual reality experiences …

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Sensation in VR – are sensory reality pods in our future?

October 7, 2018May 29, 2018 by Emory Craig
Sensation in VR - Sensory reality pod

Sensation in VR outside of haptic vests remains a major challenge. We’ve tried immersive experiences incorporating smell and wind and they’ve always left us wanting more. Or wishing the developers had just left our senses alone …

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Categories Future, Virtual Reality

Haptx VR Glove – the glove that makes the virtual feel real

January 30, 2018 by Emory Craig
The VR Glove from Haptx makes the virtual feel real

The Haptx VR Glove was a major hit at the Sundance Film Festival. Demos of haptic tech at film festivals are becoming more common as media plunges toward a fully immersive experience. Here’s the short promo video …

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Categories Virtual Reality

Teslasuit: Feeling Virtual Reality in a Full Body Suit

July 27, 2018January 2, 2016 by Emory Craig
Feeling Virtual Reality in the Teslasuit

How about feeling virtual reality experiences? Up to now, VR has concentrated on the visual side, being able to see your hands or virtually pick up objects in VR. But almost nothing has been done on …

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ASU ShapingEDU Humersive Learning Project

We’re delighted to announce our ASU ShapingEDU Humersive Learning Project, an actionable exploration of the intersection of humanity and immersive learning and our new roles as Innovators in Residence.

Join us for the Designing Faculty Development Programs For An XR Future Workshop in March at EDUCAUSE ELI 2020

Designing Faculty Development Programs For An XR Future EDUCAUSE Preconference Workshop ELI 2020

Media and Events

  • Maya Georgieva was on a panel at the Saleforce conference, "The Evolution and Power of Disruptive Technologies" in San Francisco.

  • We'll be at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Chicago with a Preconference workshop and other sessions the week of October 14th.

  • We'll be at the OC6 conference and reporting on the latest news from Oculus in San Jose on Sept. 25th and 26th.

  • We're on an XR and Learning panel at the The Chronicle of Higher Education and HP Leadership Summit, September 17, 2019, at The City University of New York (CUNY) The Graduate School.

  • We're at several conferences this summer, including AWE, SIGGRAPH 2019, and Singularity University's Global Summit.

  • We're delighted to be joining faculty in the College of Nursing at Sacred Heart University for a full day Professional Development Workshop, "Augmented and Virtual Reality Applications in Nursing Education." June 2019.

  • Ready for a discussion on "Ethics and Digital Fluency in VR and Immersive Learning Environments"? Join us at the NYS-CIO Conference in June 2019.

  • We are speaking at the United Nations Learning Forum on "Immersive Learning and The Future of Work," June 2019.

  • Emory Craig will be speaking at the AI Everything Summit in Dubai, "Who Can You Trust? Welcome to the Future of AI-driven Avatars in XR." May 1, 2019.

  • Join us on the Future Trends Forum with Bryan Alexander at 2:00pm (EST) on Feb. 28th for an interactive discussion and update on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Education.

  • We're at the EDUCAUSE-ELI Annual Meeting in Anaheim to do a 360 Video workshop, a Discussion on VR and Empathy, and the release of the Horizon Report

  • 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.

Future Realities or Dreams? Groundbreaking Demos, Videos, and Keynotes

Groundbreaking VR videos - Facebook Oculus Demo

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

VR and AR to our XR Future

Here are the articles from our New Frontier of Learning series for the EDUCAUSE Review with synopses of the articles here):

  • 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

3 Ways Virtual Reality Can Enhance Learning (2015)

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