Step Into Virtual Reality Workshop

Come and join us in the Ikenberry Commons: Student Dining and Residential Programs (SDRP) building and learn how Virtual Reality works, ask questions, and playtest our Oculus Go, Oculus Quest,…

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News Gazette Interview with ECE Faculty Raluca Ilie

This week, meet RALUCA ILIE, a professor in the University of Illinois’ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering who is transforming the way her students learn by using virtual reality…

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VR Seeds Grants Awarded

VR@Illinois saw an overwhelming response to our call for VR and AR-related projects. We received 63 seed grant proposals from 37 different departments across campus. With our available funds we…

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I-Stem Article on VR Language Acquisition Research

The I-Stem Education Initiative highlighted the research of Tricia Thrasher in a recent online publication. Can virtual reality (VR) be used to decrease foreign language anxiety and increase students’ oral…

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LAS article on growth in virtual reality

“Inside certain classrooms at the University of Illinois, it’s possible to go deep-sea diving to a sunken ship and witness a 100-foot blue whale—all without leaving Champaign County. With virtual…

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Daily Illini Features Campus VR Infrastructure Upgrades

VR technology initiatives seek further support to provide more experiences in academia   Read the full story here.

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