Technological Changes Impacting Higher Education

VR: artificially replaces all aspects of real reality (RR).

AR: places images over RR.MR: objects in environment appear real.

XR: all of the above.

More Higher Ed Examples

• Oral Robert's University Global Learning Center

• Oklahoma State University's Mixed Reality Lab

• Instructor using VR Lab to create Digital Sculptures that are 3D printed for later use. [Example]

• Networked VR Model Viewer - A Multiplayer VR Room much like VR chat, that allows people to look at the Same 3D model, voice chat, with others and have lectures based around Statues or Tours of the human anatomy Magic School Bus/Fantastic Voyage Style [YouTube Networked]

• Virtual Crime Scene Investigations - A Prototype use by UCO Criminal Justice and Forensic Students to learn evidentiary procedures. Works online and in VR [Instructions] | [Playable Demo]

• Carnival Games - Experiment to Learn VR Best practices for the HTC Vive [YouTube Carnival Demo]

• Tennessee Tech University: iCube TTU iCube website

• University of Oklahoma Libraries OVAL (Oklahoma Virtual Academic Laboratory)

• Vive Pro Demo

• Vive Pro Product website

AR Readings

• Current status, opportunities and challenges of augmented reality in education

• Augmented Reality: An Overview and Five Directions for AR in Education (PDF)

• Augmented Reality in Education and Training

• Handbook of Augmented Reality

• Augmented Reality in Education: Current Technologies and the Potential for Education

• Apple AR Glasses, release date rumored for 2019

• VR and AR: The Art of Immersive Storytelling and Journalism

• Mobile Augmented Reality Assisted Chemical Education: Insights from Elements 4D by Yang, Mei, and Yue in Journal of Chemical Education.

VR Readings

• The US Army is using virtual reality to train their soldiers to navigate real cities

• Reduce Costs for Military Training with Virtual & Augmented Reality

• Mixed Reality: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Teaching and Learning

• Developing an Understanding of the Pedagogy of Using a Virtual Reality Learning Environment (VRLE) to Support Innovative Education

• An Overview of Virtual Reality / Virtual Environments for Education and Training

• Low cost virtual reality for medical training

• Investigation of effects of virtual reality environments on learning performance of technical skills

• Virtual Reality: Applications and Explorations

• Best VR Headsets of 2018 from Wearable