{"id":63481,"date":"2018-04-30T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=63481"},"modified":"2018-04-28T12:50:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T16:50:50","slug":"you-can-see-what-you-cant-imagine-local-students-profs-helping-make-vr-a-reality-4-other-items-re-xr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/04\/30\/you-can-see-what-you-cant-imagine-local-students-profs-helping-make-vr-a-reality-4-other-items-re-xr\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;You can see what you can&#8217;t imagine&#8217;: Local students, professors helping make VR a reality&#8221; + 4 other items re: XR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omaha.com\/sponsored\/creighton\/you-can-see-what-you-can-t-imagine-local-students\/article_7b63ed5c-08a7-52df-b285-57267b4a97bc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>&#8216;You can see what you can&#8217;t imagine&#8217;: Local students, professors helping make virtual reality a reality<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from\u00a0omaha.com and Creighton University<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cYou can see what you can\u2019t imagine,\u201d said Aaron Herridge, a graduate student in Creighton\u2019s medical physics master\u2019s program and a RaD Lab intern who is helping develop the lab\u2019s virtual reality program. \u201cIt\u2019s an otherworldly experience,\u201d Herridge says. \u201cBut that\u2019s the great plus of virtual reality. It can take you places that you couldn\u2019t possibly go in real life. And in physics, we always say that if you can\u2019t visualize it, you can\u2019t do the math. It\u2019s going to be a huge educational leap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201cWe\u2019re always looking for ways to help students get the real feeling for astronomy,\u201d Gabel said. \u201cVisualizing space from another planet, like Mars, or from Earth\u2019s moon, is a unique experience that goes beyond pencil and paper or a two-dimensional photograph in a textbook.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>BAE created a guided step-by-step training solution for HoloLens to teach workers how to assemble a green energy bus battery.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TfgfF9-1xvA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>From DSC:<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> <strong>How long before items that need some assembling come with such experiences\/training-related resources?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/er.educause.edu\/blogs\/2018\/4\/vr-and-ar-the-ethical-challenges-ahead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VR and AR: The Ethical Challenges Ahead<\/strong> <\/a>\u2014 from er.educause.edu by Emory Craig and Maya Georgieva<br \/>\n<em>Immersive technologies will raise new ethical challenges, from issues of access, privacy, consent, and harassment to future scenarios we are only now beginning to imagine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">As immersive technologies become ever more realistic with graphics, haptic feedback, and social interactions that closely align with our natural experience, we foresee the ethical debates intensifying. What happens when the boundaries between the virtual and physical world are blurred? Will VR be a tool for escapism, violence, and propaganda? Or will it be used for social good, to foster empathy, and as a powerful new medium for learning?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/next.reality.news\/news\/google-researchers-have-developed-augmented-reality-microscope-for-detecting-cancer-0184182\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Google Researchers Have Developed an Augmented Reality Microscope for Detecting Cancer<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from next.reality.news by Tommy Palladino<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Augmented reality might not be able to cure cancer (yet), but when combined with a machine learning algorithm, it can help doctors diagnose the disease. Researchers at Google have developed an augmented reality microscope (ARM) that takes real-time data from a neural network trained to detect cancerous cells and displays it in the field of view of the pathologist viewing the images.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobile-ar.reality.news\/news\/sherwin-williams-uses-augmented-reality-take-guesswork-out-paint-color-selection-0184390\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sherwin-Williams Uses Augmented Reality to Take the Guesswork Out of Paint Color Selection<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from next.reality.news by Tommy Palladino<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A3BU_5xGOss\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;You can see what you can&#8217;t imagine&#8217;: Local students, professors helping make virtual reality a reality &#8212; from\u00a0omaha.com and Creighton University Excerpt: \u201cYou can see what you can\u2019t imagine,\u201d said Aaron Herridge, a graduate student in Creighton\u2019s medical physics master\u2019s program and a RaD Lab intern who is helping develop the lab\u2019s virtual reality program. 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