Extended Reality (XR)

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Recent advancements in hardware and software tools, such as new consumer-grade virtual reality headsets and augmented reality toolkits, have led to a resurgence of interest around eXtended Reality ("XR"). Encompassing virtual, augmented and mixed reality, XR captures both the continuum between and the growing convergence of the physical and virtual worlds we inhabit.

Through meetings at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, electronic discussions, periodic group calls and/or webinars, and opportunities for group presentations, this group will provide members with forum for broad discussion around XR and the impact of these technologies on higher education. Our particular areas of focus will be (1) the rapidly changing landscape of XR technologies and content; (2) support models, applications and best practices for XR in teaching, learning and research; and (3) opportunities for shared community development of XR tools and content.

Related areas of discussion may include:

  • Designing campus spaces to support XR
  • The physicalization of the digital world (e.g. 3D printing)
  • The digitization of the physical world (e.g. photogrammetry and 3D scanning)
  • Immersive computing
  • Data visualization
  • Gamification
  • Machine learning/A.I.
  • Internet of Things

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  • Hello Eric As an early pioneer in this field, with my first talks on the topic at Educause dating back to 2013, I've presented and written extensively on this topic and am always happy to discuss ...

  • Greetings XR Community - Our team here at Grand Valley State University is seeing greater adoption by our departments and units in exploring XR, which is great thing! As we grow from the experiment ...

  • Please join our November meetup for a special guest speaker, discussing granting possibilities and process for XR projects! Extended Reality (XR) solutions have permeated many aspects of higher ...

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    RE: Grants Programs

    Joe, I don't have any specific suggestions. But I hope you can come to this month's meeting on Tuesday November 12 at 1pm when we have Liz Shay from The Grants Office speaking on the process and ...

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    Grants Programs

    Afternoon Everyone! I am writing to see if anyone is familiar with any grant programs that universities are able to participate in to support early-stage efforts to scale their XR work? ------------------------------ ...

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