From the creators of the Inanimate Alice interactive story series comes a new foray into the VR world. Perpetual Nomads is an immersive and visually impressive short story that contains great potential for discussions on technology and human behavior. The entire experience takes about half an hour to complete and could easily be used in schools. While […]

Written by JungYeon Choe. Edited by Elliot Hu-Au. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 1 out of every 68 school-age child has autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (CDC, 2016). In the United States, more than 3.5 million American live with this disorder (Buescher et al, 2014). Developing effective treatments is difficult […]

After working with the Cube by Merge VR last year during an internship I finally got to try out a few of its published apps. I and some colleagues played with the Cube, using only our smartphones, and then tried the same experiences in VR with a Google Cardboard. The number of applications out there for the […]

Recently, some colleagues and I wrote a paper identifying the cognitive and learning theories underlying the virtual reality (VR) learning application, VR Anatomy, by 3D Organon. In essence, it is a program that contains a highly interactive, detailed, and customizable 3D human anatomy model. It allows for users to manipulate different organs of the body, isolate […]

Finally, here is a late follow-up post with my thoughts on what I saw at the VR for Change Summit in New York City on August 2nd. Overall, it was quite encouraging to witness the dedication and innovation that exists in this arena. While money and funding issues are always lurking beneath the surface, many […]