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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 …

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 …

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 …

Sundance VR program experiments with Mixed Reality and AI

January 31, 2019January 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 week (assuming my fingers aren’t too cold to type) once …

Market Report: VR grew by 30% in 2018

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 by Emory Craig

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 analyst Superdata suggests that things aren’t as bad as many …

Innovative Medical VR projects are transforming pediatric care

January 25, 2019 by Emory Craig

We see a lot of amazing virtual reality projects these days, but medical VR stands out for its immediate impact. You might it even see medical simulations as the “low-hanging” fruit of VR adoption. They’re often …

“I Am A Man” VR Experience puts you inside the Civil Rights Movement

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 by Emory Craig

On the holiday celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it’s time to look at the award-winning “I am a Man” VR experience. Set during the African-American Civil Rights Movement, it takes you through …

VR and cars – are you ready to drive around in Virtual Reality?

January 19, 2019January 19, 2019 by Emory Craig

A couple of interesting projects surfaced recently involving VR and cars. One is based on patents from the ride-sharing service Lyft, the other from Audi’s announcement at CES 2019. Both are fascinating for how they could redefine …

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.