{"id":47691,"date":"2014-10-21T10:04:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T14:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=47691"},"modified":"2014-10-21T11:17:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T15:17:10","slug":"world-of-comenius-demonstrates-powerful-educational-interaction-w-leap-motion-oculus-rift-james-mariancik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2014\/10\/21\/world-of-comenius-demonstrates-powerful-educational-interaction-w-leap-motion-oculus-rift-james-mariancik\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018World of Comenius\u2019 demonstrates powerful educational interaction w\/ Leap Motion &#038; Oculus Rift [James &#038; Mariancik]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/world-of-comenius-education-interaction-virtual-reality-oculus-rift-leap-motion\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47692\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/World-of-Comenius-Oct2014.jpg\" alt=\"World-of-Comenius-Oct2014\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/World-of-Comenius-Oct2014.jpg 800w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/World-of-Comenius-Oct2014-150x80.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/world-of-comenius-education-interaction-virtual-reality-oculus-rift-leap-motion\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\u2018World of Comenius\u2019 demonstrates powerful educational interaction w\/ Leap Motion &amp; Oculus Rift<\/strong> <\/a><span class=\"entry-author\"><span class=\"entry-author-name\">&#8212; from roadtovr.com by Paul James <\/span><\/span>and Tomas &#8220;Frooxius\u201d Mariancik<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"\u2018SightLine\u2019 Dev Creates Incredible \u2018Holographic\u2019 User Interface Powered by Oculus Rift and Leap Motion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/sightline-dev-creates-incredible-holographic-user-interface-powered-oculus-rift-leap-motion\/\" target=\"_blank\">We recently covered<\/a> a (at that point unnamed) VR project by developer\u00a0Tom\u00e1\u0161 \u201cFrooxius\u201d Marian?\u00edk, the mind behind the stunning \u2018Sightline\u2019 VR series of demos. The project fused Leap Motion skeletal hand tracking with Oculus Rift DK2 positional tracking to produce an impressively intuitive VR interface. Now, a new video of the interface \u00a0shows impressive progress. We catch up with Tom\u00e1\u0161 to find out some more about this mysterious VR project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Enter the \u2018World of Comenius\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nThe virtual reality resurgence that is currently underway, necessarily and predictably concentrates on bringing people new ways to consume and experience media and games. This is where virtual reality has the best chance of breaking through as a viable technology, one that will appeal to consumers worldwide. But virtual reality\u2019s\u00a0greatest impact, at least in terms of historical worth to society, could and probably will come in the form of non-entertainment based fields.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Also see:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edweek.org\/edweek\/DigitalEducation\/2014\/10\/oculus_rift_virtual-reality_higher_ed.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Oculus Rift Virtual-Reality System Weighed by Higher Ed. Institutions<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from blogs.edweek.org b<span class=\"byline\">y <span class=\"vcard author\">Benjamin Herold<\/span><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2014-10-15T11:07:05-05:00\"><\/abbr> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u2018World of Comenius\u2019 demonstrates powerful educational interaction w\/ Leap Motion &amp; Oculus Rift &#8212; from roadtovr.com by Paul James and Tomas &#8220;Frooxius\u201d Mariancik Excerpt: We recently covered a (at that point unnamed) VR project by developer\u00a0Tom\u00e1\u0161 \u201cFrooxius\u201d Marian?\u00edk, the mind behind the stunning \u2018Sightline\u2019 VR series of demos. 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