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Widespread News on Gaspee VR

The Associated Press wrote a brief story about our project following Rhode Island Senator, Sheldon Whitehouse’s, mentioning of the Gaspee…

  • Widespread News on Gaspee VR

Virtual Reality is a Revolutionary Ed Tech

Video: Brown University VR Artist-in-Residence, Adam Blumenthal, discusses the value of Virtual Reality for education.…

  • Virtual Reality is a Revolutionary Ed Tech

Summer at Brown: Intro to Virtual Reality

We Take VR Seriously During this 3-week course in Brown’s Pre-College Program we looked at a variety of virtual reality…

  • Summer at Brown: Intro to Virtual Reality

Content Creation vs Consumption in EdTech

Is passive consumption of VR the ideal scenario for students of the future? …

  • Content Creation vs Consumption in EdTech

A Virtual 18th Century Tavern

A successful experiment using photogrammetry to create a virtual environment.…

  • A Virtual 18th Century Tavern

Presence in Virtual Reality

Are we moving closer to simulating our own reality in order to most convincingly share any story?…

  • Presence in Virtual Reality

Tilt Brush to Unity Workflow

With the ability to combine colorful sketches created in Tilt Brush with various interactions enabled by Unity, developers can now bring more interesting stories to life in VR.…

  • Tilt Brush to Unity Workflow

9 Cognitive Effects in Multimedia Learning

Is it inherently better to create lessons that draw on many different media and modes of thought? Mayer’s theory of multimedia learning addresses the cognitive science behind the intuition that combining multiple modalities optimizes education.…

  • 9 Cognitive Effects in Multimedia Learning

Designing a Future for Classroom VR

As VR becomes more affordable and easy to use we can expect to see its usage in classrooms skyrocket. Pantelidis’ guidelines for designing educational experiences aim to ensure that the future of classroom VR is bright.…

  • Designing a Future for Classroom VR

Devlog 03: Battling Time and Medium Constraints

Nothing is unachievable with the powers of helpful advising and Google™ Search!…

  • Devlog 03: Battling Time and Medium Constraints

Shooting with Google Jump

A brief overview of a VR shoot with Google’s 360° 3D camera rig: the Jump.…

  • Shooting with Google Jump

Midsemester Update

The halfway point of the semester is past, and Spring Break is coming up. With that milestone behind us, we…

  • Midsemester Update

Why VR for Education?

It’s time to recognize the potential virtual realities have to optimize our human capacity to engage.…

  • Why VR for Education?

Gaspee GISP Grateful to Google

Google has loaned Brown a coveted Jump Camera rig…

  • Gaspee GISP Grateful to Google

Mixed Reality Advantages

With mixed reality, it’s possible for onlookers to see what it’s like to be inside virtual reality.…

  • Mixed Reality Advantages

Spatial Audio and Immersion

Audio is the number one biggest component of believable immersion.…

  • Spatial Audio and Immersion

Low-Cost VR with Smart Phones

The Gear VR is an interesting device if you don’t have a Samsung phone…

  • Low-Cost VR with Smart Phones

Devlog 02: Should VR be Reality-Based?

Virtual reality developers are met with the challenge of keeping the user’s subconscious grounded and secure while still creating visual environments that could never exist in real life.…

  • Devlog 02: Should VR be Reality-Based?

App Review: Waltz of the Wizard, VR Magic

‘Waltz of the Wizard’ takes advantage of the surreal perceptual possibilities in VR to create a truly magical feeling.…

  • App Review: Waltz of the Wizard, VR Magic

App Review: Realities, Photogrammetry in VR

While 360 videos restrict the perceptual gaze of a user to a single, rotational vantage point, Realities offers full freedom to explore.…

  • App Review: Realities, Photogrammetry in VR
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