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RE: XR in Optometry

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 04-24-2024 07:27:17 AM
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Hi Kris, The University of Waterloo has a lab with a VR Training simulators (haag-streit.com). I'm not involved in the project but had a tour of the lab a couple of years ago. University of Waterloo to have first virtual reality optometry lab in Canada | Waterloo News | University of Waterloo (uwaterloo.ca) ...

Mobile Campus Wayfinding Tour

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 04-03-2024 08:07:00 AM
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Hello Everyone! We've had a request to create a mobile wayfinding experience and are considering whether our approach will be an AR app for 3D experiences (markerless or marker undecided, but markerless preferred) or perhaps tapping into a Google platform (maps, earth, or streetview) for a 2D campus ...

RE: Checking in on preferred headset purchase at the moment and deciding between Meta 2 and 3

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 01-17-2024 07:14:45 AM
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Thank you everyone for the valuable information and suggestions on deciding between Meta 2 and 3! What an amazing group of people you are! ------------------------------ Gillian Dabrowski Online Learning Consultant University of Waterloo gdabrows@uwaterloo.ca ------------------------------

Checking in on preferred headset purchase at the moment and deciding between Meta 2 and 3

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 01-15-2024 10:50:00 AM
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Hello everyone, If you were to buy a suite of headsets at the moment which one would you recommend for general experience use for an institution to test out and explore the modality? When looking at headsets last, Meta and Pico seemed to be the preferred ones in higher ed. If you were to purchase a ...

Observatory on AI Policies in Canadian Post-Secondary Education

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 08-11-2023 06:49:24 AM
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Good morning, all. Here in Canada, we'll be following the Higher Education Strategy Associates, HESA, "now launching its Observatory on AI Policies in Canadian Post-Secondary Education. The Observatory will act as a Canadian clearinghouse for post-secondary institutions' policies and guidelines with ...

RE: Summer AI Webinar Series

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 06-28-2023 08:21:41 AM
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Thank you for sharing the information on the Summer AI Webinar Series. Our online learning support group at the University of Waterloo have been enjoying participating in these events! ------------------------------ Gillian Dabrowski Online Learning Consultant University of Waterloo -------------- ...

NeRFs, AI 3D content creation, and ideas for accelerating mainstream access to immersion

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 02-02-2023 02:49:00 PM
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Is anyone exploring NeRF technology for 3D asset creation or AI to support content development? I noticed some resources and explanation in this article: Practical Guide to AI in the Metaverse | by Alan Smithson | Jan, 2023 | Medium Also wanted to ask if you've read Matthew Ball's latest essay: Why ...

Altspace and MS 365: integration?

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 12-05-2022 06:40:00 AM
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Good morning, all. Quick question for you today. If you use Altspace (and MS 365) at your institution, do you have an institutional sign-on for Altspace? We are investigating Altspace institutional sign-on at the University of Waterloo. For our last XR Educause meet, in Altspace, I was prompted to use ...

RE: Immersive Course Evaluation

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 11-17-2022 01:41:46 PM
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Hi Rubén, I will be interested to learn about evaluation tools as well. I noticed a timely review of evaluation strategies for VR in the paper below (p. 1511, Table 2) Caldas, O.I., Sanchez, N., Mauledoux, M. et al. Leading presence-based strategies to manipulate user experience in virtual reality ...

RE: Supporting health/medical/nursing XR content?

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 11-17-2022 12:18:49 PM
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Hi Sean, Noticing others are interested in your project to "advance efforts to create an Open Educational eXtended Reality (OEXR) resource library". Very interested to learn more. Would be great to be able to introduce faculty to ready-built XR. For Open Access week in March 2023 at our institution, ...

XRSI - Metaverse Safety Week (MSW), December 10-15, 2022 (save the date)

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 11-01-2022 08:48:11 AM
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Hi All, XRSI is a global nonprofit with the mission of helping build safe and inclusive immersive realities. You may have come across the "The XRSI Privacy and Safety Framework". It provides a baseline for XR data, privacy, and safety standards. XRSI is organizing a 3rd annual Metaverse Safety ...

RE: XR learning content interoperability standards?

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 10-31-2022 01:21:15 PM
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Hi Randy, I noticed a limited number of higher education institutions listed as members at organizations below and many medical XR organizations on these 2 sites. Hard to tell if there is an organization representing education/higher education. I'm not an expert on this. Would below be the "go to" ...

RE: Starting monthly community meetings in November

Posted By Gillian Dabrowski 10-31-2022 12:56:38 PM
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I like this initiative to meet monthly and think others at the University of Waterloo would also appreciate the opportunity to connect. An immersive meeting platform sounds like a good idea (2D or 3D) for meeting. I like the experiential aspect of this. I'd enjoy getting more experience participating ...

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