News and projects from the Immersive Technology unit
Remington Orange, producer at the XRcast Studio, is spearheading a new series called VAR Travels, with co-hosts Marcus Jacobs and Lauren Cass. VAR Travels is a mixed reality podcast that uses the Google Earth VR program to take the audience on a global journey. The program is unique in that it provides comprehensive visual data
VAR Studios recently hosted an Augmented Reality (AR) workshop in collaboration with Teaching and Learning with Technology from the University Park campus at the Penn State Behrend campus. TLT provided iPads for participants to create augmented reality assets using Adobe Aero, a leading AR creation platform. The workshop was open to Behrend students and faculty
Thank you to Behrend Magazine for writing the article "Making History Immersive," which discusses the use of our virtual and augmented reality technology to enhance historical experiences for visitors at the Hagen History Center. Click here to read the article: https://behrend.psu.edu/news-events/behrend-magazine/winter-2022/making-history-immersive
VAR Studios is thrilled to announce the launch of a new studio space that expands our production capabilities. The XRcast podcasting studio is designed to capture mixed reality content, with limitless use cases for creating more engaging course materials, producing VR RunThroughs of various virtual reality programs, entertainment. Faculty can use these reviews to choose
Thank you to the Penn State Behrend HSS News for sharing this exciting article about "The Story of Us," an exhibit at the Hagen History Center in downtown Erie that features interactive displays created by students in the VAR Lab at Penn State Behrend; click here to read it and learn more: https://issuu.com/psbehrend/docs/23_126_hss_news_final/4.
Over the course of several months, students and faculty collaborated to capture scans of about a dozen historical objects from two distinct eras (1890s and 1950s) gathered from the archives of the Hagen History Center and community partners. To ensure the best quality final product, scans were often repeated multiple times using our Artec Structured
Thank you to Penn State Behrend for sharing this article about the use of virtual reality (VR) simulations in nursing education. The article discusses how VR technology is being used by nursing professor, Dr. Amy Morgan, to provide students with hands-on experience in a safe and controlled environment. The article explains how the technology works
VAR Studios, Behrend’s XR Makerspace, is proud to announce the recent acquisition of a pair of structured light scanners. These scanners increase our capabilities to efficiently create 3D assets from a variety of real-world objects. The technology uses flashing light and several camera sensors set at varying depths to capture the shape and texture of
Thank you to Erie News Now for sharing this exciting news about the VAR Lab's use of virtual reality to bring Oliver Hazard Perry's telescope to life at the Hagen History Center in Erie, PA. This innovative use of technology allows visitors to experience history in a new and engaging way; click here to watch
Thank you to Penn State Behrend's School of Humanities and Social Sciences for publishing the Fall 2021 newsletter, which features an article titled "Bringing History to Life," discussing how the VAR Lab's virtual and augmented reality programs are being used to enhance history education by providing students with immersive, hands-on experiences. Click here to read
