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Virtual Reality
7:30am - 9:00am Registration & Coffee
9:00am - 9:30am Introductions
Speaker: Bryan Alexander, Bryan Alexander Consulting, LLC
9:30am - 10:30 am Presentation: VR technology, the state of the art
Speakers: Emory Craig, Director of eLearning, College of New Rochelle & Co-founder/Partner at Digital Bodies
Maya Georgievna, Chief Innovation Officer, Digital Bodies
A dive into VR, exploring multiple platforms, software packages, and examples. Pedagogical instances.
10:30am - 10:45am Break
10:45am - 11:30am Hands-on exploration and discussion
Speakers: Emory Craig, Director of eLearning, College of New Rochelle & Co-founder/Partner at Digital Bodies
Maya Georgievna, Chief Innovation Officer, Digital Bodies
Demonstrations of sample VR technologies and projects.
11:30am - 12:00pm Presentation: VR on campus and in class, 1
Speaker: Jordan Tynes, Manager of Scholarly Innoovations, Wellesley College
Describes several academic projects that generate data to be used in VR/AR applications. Student participation, faculty research, and staff support will be highlighted as crucial components to these projects' workflows. Processes and assignments will be shown to directly impact on-campus VR/AR development, as well as scholarly learning methods.
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm Integrating VR/AR Data Capture and Post-Processing into Undergrad Coursework and Academic Research, 2
Speakers: Ian Roy, Assistant Director for Emerging Technology and Innovation, Brandeis University
Jordan Tynes, Manager of Scholarly Innovations, Wellesley College
2:30pm - 3:00pm Taking it all Home: concluding discussion
Speaker: Bryan Alexander, Bryan Alexander Consulting, LLC
Developing educational VR applications. Exploration of campus support strategies.
Prereading: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2017/01/14/microsoft-hololens-review-experience-review/#63ff395e6bd2