Tag: vr
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Experience a Thermite Reaction in the VR Chemistry Lab!
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Have you ever wanted to see fire, sparks, and melting metal in school? Well in real-life you could be suspended for that but in virtual reality, anything is possible. A new VR lab experience is available on the VR Chemistry Lab, available for the Meta Quest on the Meta App…
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The Rainbow Flame Lab is now on The VR Chemistry Lab for Meta Quest
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Our newest addition to The VR Chemistry Lab is the exciting Rainbow Flame Lab! In real-life, this lab exercise is a fun but potentially dangerous experiment. In VR, students can experiment with different chemicals, not worry about burning themselves, and practice safety skills in a consequence-free environment. Based upon an…
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The VR Chemistry Lab is now on the Meta App Lab!
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The VR Chemistry Lab, a long-time project of mine, has finally been released on the Oculus App Lab! It is a virtual reality simulation of a school science lab as well as a molecule modelling experience. You can find it at this link or by doing an exact search of…
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Google Expeditions will live on as Expeditions Pro
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While Google shuts down its VR divisions one by one, we thankfully have others who are willing to save some of the great products that began the VR resurgence in 2015. In case you missed it, Google announced that it will be shutting down Google Expeditions on June 30, 2021…
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Using VR to learn Science Lab Skills – Does it Work?
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Recently, I had some research published in the proceedings of the 2020 International Conference of Learning Sciences. It centered on a study I conducted where graduate students were asked to conduct a couple of chemistry experiments in a virtual reality (VR) simulation of a school laboratory. (Full paper is here).…
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Preparing for Natural Disasters with VR
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Written by: Kristi Lee Edited by: Elliot Hu-Au An interesting use case for virtual reality (VR) and education is the topic of educating the public about disaster preparedness. Often, due to our mental stubbornness or simple laziness, we ignore the warnings of experts and refuse to prepare ourselves for the…
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VR Tools for Public Speaking
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As a student who majored in languages and currently living in a foreign country, how to use technology to promote language learning is one of my focus areas. Expressing ideas clearly and presenting them properly in different public situations is essential to many domains of life. Public speaking is one…
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Xennial Digital’s XDVR Learning Portal: Playing with Science in VR
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Recently, I had the opportunity to try out a new collection of STEM-centered virtual reality learning experiences, Xennial Digital‘s XDVR Learning Portal. The Learning Portal contains roughly 10 different VR experiences touching upon topics across physics, chemistry, and biology. All of the learning experiences have some form of built-in tutorial that…
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Virtual Reality and its Learning Potential
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This past year, I and Dr. Joey Lee published a short literature review on the educational potential of virtual reality. In the paper, we discuss how VR can play a unique role in addressing certain educational challenges. We look at the affordances of VR and how they can be used…
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Understanding the Potential of AR and VR for Autistic Children
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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).…