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...
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).The...
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...
Author: Maho Hayashi Edited by: Elliot Hu-Au Using VR to Go Behind the Scenes In recent years, the development of VR has matured and become more mainstream. As more people become aware of and have access to VR, they will begin to realize that VR has great potential in various...
Written by: Ben E. Atzmon, Elyse Blake, & Lea W. Silvert Edited by: Elliot Hu-Au Introduction Recent decades have evidenced tremendous literature in the extraordinary benefits of meditation. Mindfulness meditation is often defined as practicing a nonjudgmental stance towards present moment experiences [1]. Meditation can be thought of as a...
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