{"id":44214,"date":"2023-08-30T10:17:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T14:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=44214"},"modified":"2023-09-01T08:41:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T12:41:10","slug":"open-show-and-tell-sessions-whats-in-your-vr-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2023\/08\/open-show-and-tell-sessions-whats-in-your-vr-closet\/","title":{"rendered":"Open show-and-tell sessions: What&#8217;s in your VR closet?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is growing interest and development in Virtual Reality (VR) for use in immersive education and training, collaboration and communication, as well as for enhancing teaching and learning. Within the University of Cincinnati there are VR activities found throughout campus, including in the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP), the College of Medicine and in Game Design, as well as in UC\u2019s Digital Futures facility.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/virtualreality-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"woman experimenting with virtual reality\" class=\"wp-image-44215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/virtualreality-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/virtualreality-850x478.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>To showcase some of these VR activities, UC Libraries is holding a series of open sessions with distinguished speakers from UC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdigitalfutures.com\/\">Digital Futures<\/a> who will share their work, research and innovations in VR. There are three sessions open to all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tuesday, September 19, 3pm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Collins, Director, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdigitalfutures.com\/ucsim\/\">Center for Simulations &amp; Virtual Environments Research<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, October 12, 3pm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Ming Tang, Director, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdigitalfutures.com\/extended-reality-lab\/\">XR-Lab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, November 16, 3pm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Alejandro Lozano Robledo, <a href=\"http:\/\/(https:\/\/ucdigitalfutures.com\/advanced-mobility-propulsion-lab\/)\">Future Mobility Design (FMD) Lab<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Venue: All three sessions will be held in the Walter C. Langsam Library, Room 475<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All are welcome and light snacks will be provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is growing interest and development in Virtual Reality (VR) for use in immersive education and training, collaboration and communication, as well as for enhancing teaching and learning. Within the University of Cincinnati there are VR activities found throughout campus, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2023\/08\/open-show-and-tell-sessions-whats-in-your-vr-closet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,31,13],"tags":[458,7,814,37,645,36],"class_list":["post-44214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-langsam-library","category-uc","category-uclibraries","tag-digital-humanities","tag-digitalprojects","tag-events","tag-library-news","tag-technology","tag-uc-libraries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44214"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44232,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44214\/revisions\/44232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}