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Mental Health and VR

by Len Scrogan

At the end of September, in conjunction with National Suicide Prevention Month, I attended a presentation by Matt Vogl, the Executive Director of the National Mental Health Innovation Center (NMHIC) at the CU Anschutz …

Tags:Education| Medical| Virtual Reality

VR Grab Bags: Education Edition

by Len Scrogan

The number of activities taking space in the virtual reality space these days is truly accelerating at a dizzying pace. Frankly, it’s just impossible to keep up. And not every little revelation is worthy …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 38

Vision, Displays and Brownfields to Healthfields (B2H)

by Len Scrogan

I suppose the first thing we need to cover is “what do we mean by brownfields and healthfields?” Let’s start with some dictionary definitions: brown·field /?broun?f?ld/1. Unused properties, such as abandoned gas stations, landfills, …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Education| Human Visual System (HVS)| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 35

VR Improves Vision

by Len Scrogan

Virtual Reality is making inroads in many areas these days, but none are as interesting as in the field of vision health. That’s because many people incorrectly suppose that healthy vision and VR are …

Tags:Education| Human Visual System (HVS)| Medical| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 34

The Screen Time Debate: Displays Fight Back

by Len Scrogan

The screen time debate rages on in schools this fall. It’s nothing new, really. It’s world-wide, you know. Take for example Kerry, Ireland, where one school, Blenneville National School (Tralee), banned smartphones and social …

“Inhancing” Virtual Reality

by Len Scrogan

Virtual reality manifested an extremely lean floor presence in the two main expo halls at InfoComm 2018, much to my surprise. One of the brightest VR stars shining, however, was the Inhance Digital booth, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Technology in New Schools: Why VR is Not Ready for Prime Time

by Len Scrogan

As a new school year rapidly approaches, there’s always a lot of excitement in the air. Part of that exhilaration resides in the fact that August and September are most often the months for …

A Nexus Story: Vision, Learning, and Displays

by Len Scrogan

This is a deeply human story, a true account of defeat, discovery, and, in the end, the defying of expectations. At the same time, it is a robust tale laced with three “display technology” …

Tags:display technology| Education| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Solving Educational Challenges: The zDome Uni

by Len Scrogan

I’ve noticed at many tech conferences the steady and slow gait towards the ‘prosumer’ in education, the growing validity of and demand for student-created content. Take ISTE 2018, for example. At the largest ed-tech …

Ed-Market Offerings at InfoComm 2018

by Len Scrogan

Having just returned from walking every aisle of InfoComm 2018, searching for promising developments and products that might offer value for the education market, what does an educator see? As an educational technology director …

Tags:Augmented Reality| display technology| Education| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Trends for Education at InfoComm 2018

by Len Scrogan

As an educational technology director for decades, with a significant track record in large educational technology and AV purchases, I like to keep my ear to the ground as far as new technologies that …

RPO and the Future of Education

by Len Scrogan

People in the education industry always seem interested in the future of schooling. Perhaps that’s because the future of schools is the future of display technologies. I could easily envision it the other way …

Tags:display technology| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 25