VR is not only for entertainment or courses, but can be used to help people mentally and physically. A group of University of Illinois faculty has just gotten their work…
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January 11, 2021
During the Fall semester, Professor Vincenzi took her class to the virtual world of art and design to create dresses using the Google Tilt Brush. Once the students designed their…
Read MoreWith the addition of 16 new VR workstations last summer, The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning is seeing a surge of interest in virtual reality as an educational…
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January 16, 2020
College of Media highlights a new Journalism course taught by Assistant Professor Chris Ball Besides gaining an understanding of the history and application of virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed…
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January 12, 2020
VR@Illinois representatives visited the Consumer Electronics Show in January to test out the latest virtual and augmented headsets and explore the potential of haptics for education use. Besides the 4K…
Read MoreThe VR@Illinois network is hosting an informal get together on November 19th at 4pm. We’ll be meeting at the IDEA Lab in the basement of Grainger Engineering Library to discuss…
Read MoreCome 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,…
Read MoreVR@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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read More“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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