From DSC:
Seeing the functionality in Freehand — it makes me once again think that we need to use more tools where faculty/staff/students can collaborate with each other REGARDLESS of where they’re coming in to partake in a learning experience (i.e., remotely or physically/locally). This is also true for trainers and employees, teachers and students, as well as in virtual tutoring types of situations. We need tools that offer functionalities that go beyond screen sharing in order to collaborate, design, present, discuss, and create things. (more…)
On 04/18/2022,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, vendors, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, vision/possibilities, wearables, XR - extended reality, youth,
by Daniel Christian
VR Technology Meets Drivers Ed Thanks To Boys & Girls Clubs — from vrscout.com by Bobby Carlton
On 04/14/2022,
in Augmented Reality (AR), business, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Microsoft, tools, training / L&D, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
Magic Leap 2 Aims to Bring AR to Businesses, With No BS This Time — from cnet.com by Connie Guglielmo
CEO Peggy Johnson explains why a focus on the business sector with its new, smaller headset can transform the augmented-reality market.
Excerpts:
Fast forward to 2022. Magic Leap has a new leadership team helmed by former Microsoft and Qualcomm executive Peggy Johnson, an even lighter-weight headset due later this year and — perhaps most important — a new mission that focuses on winning over business customers rather than individual consumers.
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Johnson says the company has learned from its past and will focus on winning over its enterprise customers with the Magic Leap 2, which will go up against Microsoft’s $3,000 HoloLens 2 when it’s released before year’s end.
On 04/07/2022,
in Augmented Reality (AR), creativity, digital storytelling, engineering, entrepreneurship, Facebook / Meta Platforms, health, journalism, new media literacies, story, storytelling, wearables, XR - extended reality, youth,
by Daniel Christian
WayRay’s AR Car Display Could Change Driving Forever — from vrscout.com by Kyle Melnick
How One Hospital Is Using An AR Bear To Calm Young Patients — from vrscout.com by Kyle Melnick
Excerpt:
Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOCK), a children’s hospital located in Orange County, California, has transformed its lovable mascot ‘Choco’ into an AR (augmented reality) experience that walks children through the steps of a standard MRI scan. The idea is that by familiarizing younger patients with the process, they’ll feel more comfortable during the actual procedure.
Arizona State Launching New VR/AR Classes, Nonny De La Peña To Helm — by Darragh Dandurand
Excerpt:
The Center for Narrative and Emerging Media (NEM) will be housed in Downtown Los Angeles in the Herald Examiner Building, newly renovated to welcome faculty, staff, and students. NEM’s goal is to teach and support students, from reporters to artists to entrepreneurs and engineers, who are pursuing careers across the burgeoning creative technology sector.
Why Meta decided against an open VR app store — from protocol.com by Janko Roettgers and Nick Statt
On 03/31/2022,
in health, higher education, innovation, instructional design, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, learning preferences, learning spaces, nursing, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, vision/possibilities, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
Osso VR nets $66 million for surgical training — from axios.com by Sarah Pringle
Excerpt:
Why it matters: Surgical training hasn’t evolved in 30-plus years, but Osso VR is looking to change that by empowering health care professionals with virtual reality.
- Training and assessing surgeons more efficiently can drive up the adoption of modern and hard-to-learn medtech, and democratize surgical education.
- “The innovation from the medical device industry is providing us an incredible opportunity to treat patients much more consistently and with optimized outcomes,” said Justin Barad, Osso’s co-founder and a practicing pediatric orthopedic surgeon.
From DSC:
Not that this is exactly related, but the above item made me think of it:
- The Healing Power of Learning — from chronicle.com by James M. Lang
After a health crisis, an academic finds that learning is not just joyful but restorative.
On 03/30/2022,
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by Daniel Christian
Best of Bett 2022: Top Tech Innovations For Education — from techlearning.com by Luke Edwards
This is the best of Bett 2022 with all the tech innovations and more
On 03/11/2022,
in Apple, Augmented Reality (AR), business, digital learning, economics, education technology, educational games / serious games, engagement / engaging students, experimentation, Google, homeschooling/homeschoolers, innovation, instructional design, K-12 related, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, multimedia, teachers, technologies for your home, XR - extended reality, youth,
by Daniel Christian
This Hilarious AR App Teaches Kids Financial Responsibility — from vrscout.com by Bobby Carlton
Excerpts:
Adventures with Zeee Bucks is a mobile AR experience that is designed to help youngsters sharpen their financial skills by earning and saving Zeee bucks, and even help them save real money.
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You can download the app today for free on the iOS and Android stores.
On 03/09/2022,
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by Daniel Christian
The Metaverse Will Radically Change Content Creation Forever — from forbes.com by Falon Fatemi
Excerpt:
Although the metaverse promises to touch nearly every person in our society, there’s one demographic that will almost certainly see disproportionately strong disruption: creators. The metaverse has the potential to fundamentally disrupt the content creation process.
The metaverse is slated to help creators make more interactive and immersive content, thanks in large part to advances in VR and AR. The stakes will be raised as creators will be expected to build more immersive and interactive content than ever before.
Also related/see:
The Amazing Possibilities Of Healthcare In The Metaverse — from forbes.com by Bernard Marr
Excerpts:
What’s generally agreed on, however, is that it’s effectively the next version of the internet – one that will take advantage of artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and ever-increasing connectivity (for example, 5G networks) to create online environments that are more immersive, experiential and interactive than what we have today.
Metaverse involves the convergence of three major technological trends, which all have the potential to impact healthcare individually. Together, though, they could create entirely new channels for delivering care that have the potential to lower costs and vastly improve patient outcomes. These are telepresence (allowing people to be together virtually, even while we’re apart physically), digital twinning, and blockchain (and its ability to let us create a distributed internet).
From DSC:
That last paragraph could likely apply to our future learning ecosystems as well. Lower costs. A greater sense of presence. Getting paid for one’s teaching…then going to learn something new and paying someone else for that new training/education.
On 03/07/2022,
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by Daniel Christian
AI Could Power the Next Generation of Smart Glasses — from lifewire.com by Mayank Sharma. I’d like to thank Mayank for letting me contribute some thoughts to this article.
Making the bigger picture clearer
Key Takeaways
- Biel Glasses has created a pair of smart glasses to enhance the mobility of users with low vision.
- Experts believe smart glasses will soon outpace VR headsets in terms of adoption and use.
- This new generation of smart glasses will infuse AI together with AR to give users a new and better perspective.
On 03/05/2022,
in attention, Augmented Reality (AR), emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, history, human-computer interaction (HCI), XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
Scientists Resurrect Extinct Animals Using AR Technology — from vrscout.com by Kyle Melnick
On 03/03/2022,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, accessibility / UDL, Adobe, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, assistive technologies, Augmented Reality (AR), collaboration, computer science, consortiums, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, education technology, emerging technologies, engineering, experimentation, future, global / globalization, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, innovation, interface design, learner profiles, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, Microsoft, reading, research, society, wearables, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
After checking out the following two links, I created the graphic below:
- Readability initiative > Better reading for all. — from Adobe.com
We’re working with educators, nonprofits, and technologists to help people of all ages and abilities read better by personalizing the reading experience on digital devices. - The Readability Consortium > About page
Also related/see:
- Microsoft Education Unveils Expanded Literacy, Accessibility Tools for Students and Teachers — from thejournal.com by Kristal Kuykendall
- Announcing an expanded literacy portfolio to reach every learner — from educationblog.microsoft.com by Paige Johnson
- What Kids Are Reading — from renaissance.com
On 03/01/2022,
in Augmented Reality (AR), emerging technologies, user experience (UX), Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, wearables, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
The future of AR — from 900lbs.com
Some of the topics include:
- Where is #AR today and where’s it going?
- What options/deployment methods are available & what are their limitations?
- Web AR
- We’ve heard a lot about AR headsets. Are they the best option?
- Ok, I’m interested in creating an AR experience. What now?
- What is the biggest piece of advice you have for brands diving into AR for the first time?
- …and more
Also see:
- Augmented Reality 101: Differences Between VR and AR — from magicleap.com
On 03/01/2022,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, accreditation, attention, Augmented Reality (AR), change, changing business models, collaboration, communities of practice, content development, aggregation, repositories, copyright/ownership/NFTs, creativity, credentialing, cryptocurrencies, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, distance education, education, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, entrepreneurship, experimentation, future, game-changing environment, global / globalization, graphics, homeschooling/homeschoolers, ideas, immersion, innovation, instructional design, interactivity, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning preferences, learning spaces, Metaverse, multimedia, new business models, online learning, online media, online tutoring, parents/guardians, participation, platforms, simulations, social learning / networks, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, tools, United States, vendors, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, wearables, web-based collaboration, Web3, XR - extended reality, youth,
by Daniel Christian
Why the World’s First Virtual Reality High School Changes Everything — from steve-grubbs.medium.com by Steve Grubs
Excerpts:
The recipe required key ingredients to happen. In addition to an accredited school to manage students, admissions and the for-credit learning, it also needed a platform. That’s where EngageVR comes in. There are other platforms that will ultimately host schools, perhaps AltSpace, Horizon or others, but the first is on Engage.
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The bottom line is this: creators, coders, educators, entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, parents and students all played a role in finally bringing the first global virtual reality high school to life. It won’t be the last school to open in the metaverse, but to all those involved in this inaugural launch — the Neil Armstrongs of your age — a special tip of the hat today for having the vision and the willingness to launch a better and more equitable era of education.
Also see:
- World’s First Metaverse VR High School Speech & Debate Tournament Announced for March — from victoryxr.com
- NFT in Edu: What Does the Future Hold? — from gettingsmart.com by Rachelle Dené Poth
- Geo Guessing Is Even More Fun In VR On The Meta Quest — from vrscout.com by Kyle Melnick
