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VR – The Escape for the Masses?

by Norbert Hildebrand

The non-profit organization Equality Lab is developing technology to support communities in a variety of tasks with the development of VR experiences that target specific parts of our lives. These areas are easily forgotten …

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VR Social Networks – The Future?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Hello Everyone! Welcome to our DD Lounge, get ready to meet our group today and participate in the meeting about the latest trends in our industry. Can you all hear and see me? – …

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Driving K12 Innovation: Tech Enablers

by Len Scrogan

The 2019 K12 Driving Innovation: Tech Enablers report, after multiple rounds of Delphi-like voting by expert panelists, has a lot to say about innovation-enabling factors specific to the educational marketplace. According to the report, …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Cloud Computing| Editor| Education| Virtual Reality

Is Immersion a Good Goal to Make VR Better?

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we talk about virtual reality, a good deal is related to how realistic the VR environment is and if the user would accept any such environment as reality. This is all based on …

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The VR / AR Market Growth – I am Still Not Convinced

by Norbert Hildebrand

In recent news, market forecasts and surveys seem to hint at an uptick in VR market success. Combine this with the continued support from several large players and it seems that the AR / …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Market Data| USA| Virtual Reality

Are We Playing With Fire?

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we write about virtual and augmented reality we measure the success of these new technologies either by their market success or the technological level we can achieve with the latest headset. While the …

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VR and Haptics in Dental School: If You Build It, Will They Come?

by Len Scrogan

While attending the University of Colorado Systems’ spring technology symposium last week, I found myself in a conference session entitled “Shaping the Future of Dental Education Through Extended Reality Systems For Teaching, Training and …

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ISTE 2019 Preview

by Len Scrogan

The annual ISTE conference, the largest ed-tech conference in the U.S., is rapidly approaching, convening this year in Philadelphia. By examining the ISTE 2019 conference landscape through conference session analysis we can get a …

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What Does Virtual Reality Do To Us?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Following my articles covering VR over the last few months, I have addressed many areas within the virtual reality field from technological status, marketing success or lack thereof, sociological affects, potential applications (consumer, military, …

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Stories Worth Telling: VR @ TCEA 2019

by Len Scrogan

TCEA 2019, one of the largest educational technology conferences in the U.S., convened in San Antonio earlier this year and offered ah interesting perspective about the status and growth of virtual reality in the …

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Lenovo’s Push for Educational VR

by Len Scrogan

“Based on our research, 68% of teachers believed that VR will help overcome financial or physical barriers to learning.” According to Rick Henderson, Director of Global Education Solutions, who is leading worldwide efforts in …

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IDEA Group Formed for Advanced Display Distribution Standards

by Chris Chinnock

A press conference at the 2019 NAB Show was used to launch the Immersive Digital Experiences Alliance (IDEA). Its mission is to create a suite of royalty-free specifications that address all immersive media formats, …

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