Tag: google
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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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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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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.
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An In-depth Review of the New York Times Virtual Reality App
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[An update to this post is here – 4/5/16] Its been about five months since New York Times subscribers were blessed with the gift of a free Google Cardboard viewer with their Sunday edition. Since then, they’ve had a decent amount of content, some good, some not-so-good, but all worth…
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Ride a virtual fish through Hieronymus Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights”
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I wouldn’t call myself an art aficionado or someone who really loves art. However, Burrell Durrant Hifle‘s VR app titled “Bosch VR” just might change my mind. His visually stunning app takes you on a trip through a medieval-times artistic fantasyland accompanied by a haunting score by composer Timo Baker.