Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Network

The augmented-reality lessons, which are powered by Google's Project Tango technology, will work much the same way as their VR counterparts. Except, instead of taking students on VR "field trips" teachers will be able to place 3D objects around their classrooms for students to explore.

YouTube would like to be, well, the YouTube of VR. It already has hundreds of thousands of immersive videos and a VR app

AI is becoming more and more ubiquitous, with reports of advancements or new applications coming almost daily.

Using examples from across formal and informal settings,this article illustrates the learning affordances of AR for museums that aim tocommunicate concepts related to human health. These topics often presentspatiotemporal challenges for learning, but can be made more accessible tolearners when contextualized within personally, socially, and culturally relevantcontexts.

"When I wrote about my high hopes for edtech back in August, student-created virtual reality was near the top of my list. I envisioned students incorporating guided VR into presentations, and creating augmented reality-triggered videos to explain their learning. Since then, VR has taken off in ..."

"Over the last several years, the Sundance Film Festival has been an early adopter, and key champion, of bringing virtual-reality content into the world of film. What had once been primarily a gaming movement has evolved into a cinema fixture. Sundance and its New Frontier program are big reasons why.

"This year that movement turned up a few notches. The Sundance that ended recently was the first in which VR occupied its own physical space — an intimate venue away from the Main Street tumult called the “VR Palace.”  It was, coincidentally, also the first festival in which much of the content can now be viewed broadly, thanks to the release of dedicated headsets such as the Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR in the last year.

"Maybe most importantly, it was the first year veteran creators truly began to push boundaries. Nearly every one of the modern VR pioneers — Chris Milk, the directing tandem known as Felix & Paul, Oculus' in-house filmmakers — brought new content to show off, along with worthy lesser-knowns. Much of it — 16 pure VR pieces at the Palace and about a dozen more with VR components at the mainline New Frontier exhibition — was impressive and instructive. (Many are also available for these new platforms, or can be viewed at an upcoming film festival/tech show.)

"Virtual reality is still a ways off from mass consumer adoption. But one of its biggest hurdles — not enough interesting content — is firmly a thing of the past."

See story for descriptions of 7 top selections from Sundance.

Watch immersive VR and 360-degree clips using a cheap Cardboard viewer.

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The 5-person team behind this cardboard AR viewer is opening the door for consumers to finally see what it's like to have their world augmented.

These seven educational virtual reality apps can provide enhanced engagement, improved retention, and the ability to block out common distractions.

I wanted to share some of my absolute favorite resources for virtual reality in education. Here are tools for teachers looking for new educational VR apps.

For as long as humans have been around, we've always tried to capture our memories. Back when we hunted and gathered, we painted them on cave walls. When we invented the camera, we took stilted black and white photos that made us look like we were allergic to smiling. As technology has advanced, we've adapted.…

The aims of this research were to: 1) design Connectivism learning environment in an augmented reality Science laboratory to enhance scientific literacy, and 2) evaluate and certify the suitability of Connectivism learning environment in an augmented reality Science laboratory to enhance scientific literacy.

As augmented reality’s classroom potential grows, apps are becoming more relevant and targeted for educational purposes.

“The popular language education application has combined voice chatbot technology with speech recognition in virtual reality environments to create a completely new way to learn a language ..."

Discovery VR 360 videos can be viewed on your desktop in most modern browsers. For more immersive Virtual Reality experiences, download the app for your iPhone or Android device and check out these other ways to watch.