Tag: education
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Google Expeditions, Project Tango, and WebVR, Oh My!
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Recently I had the opportunity to share Google Expeditions with 12 high-schoolers in a summer tech camp. This is not the first time I’ve led a group through using Google Expeditions so I knew that there would probably be some technical glitches. True to form, there were troubles for students…
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Unimersiv: VR Education App Hits and Misses
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Unimersiv is one of the first VR-dedicated learning platforms that was released on Samsung’s Gear VR and the Oculus Rift. For some reason, I kept putting off my review of it for some time but now that its on Cardboard and Daydream I figured I’d better get on it. Overall,…
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Good News for Educators: Apple’s App Store has Google Expeditions and Cardboard Camera
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In some long awaited news, Google has finally released Google Expeditions and the Cardboard Camera app on iTunes. Finally, what seems like a vast majority of public schools and their teachers can now access the wonders of virtual field trips. Yes, there are already apps like Nearpod that are out on…
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Google Expeditions for all!
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Google Expeditions is now open to the public so any teacher can try their hand at leading a field trip in virtual reality.
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Samsung Gear VR and reflections on education: AltspaceVR, Oculus Video and Photo
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About two weeks ago I bought a Samsung Gear VR and I am more impressed with it every time I put it on. Thankfully, my wife already owned a Samsung Note 5 so I figured what’s $99 + tax for a better experience than Google Cardboard? And much better it…
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VReal and Altspace demos at SVVR bring VR education one step closer
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During this year’s Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference in San Jose, CA, two companies demonstrated technology that hold great promise for VR and education. Both VReal and Altspace showed off applications that target the social capabilities of VR. VReal’s live streaming app is similar to Twitch, a social video platform for…
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Virtual reality can help struggling kids learn
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Virtual reality is alive and growing in the gaming world. With the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive released and shipping (mostly), and the Playstation VR on the horizon, it is an exciting time to be in the gaming industry. As usual, the education world is taking its…
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An Updated Review on the New York Times VR App
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Its been a month since I last checked the New York Times VR app and they have some new content! Now before you get excited, its only four new videos and TWO of them are sponsored by commercial corporations. So it seems the percentage of commercially sponsored content is going…
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Virtual Field Trips continued: First Impressions of Google Expeditions Beta
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I finally got the Google Expeditions beta test working and led a few others through a virtual reality (not 3D though) field trip. Fun for students and some helpful features for teachers make this a great beginning for VR in schools.
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What GDC revealed about VR that could help education
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After listening to VR pundits talk from GDC these are three takeaways about the state of VR that could help the education space.