Category: Augmented Reality (AR)

  • Illustration of people with VR headsets looking at molecules

    From the humble beginnings of stereoscopic pictures, Palmer Luckey’s rebirth of virtual reality in 2012 and the pandemic boom of head mounted displays, is education ready to join the party? 

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  • Today is the day of the release of the 360 Virtual Tour project we have been working on for the last few months. You can see it here. The basis of this project was to enable prospective students who are not able to make it to open days to view our facilities inside and outside […]

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  • 360 is all around us

    360 video has exploded in recent years. More and more interactive videos have appeared on Social media and even Adobe products have now added support for editing this kind of footage, but what is it? 360 is the process of using either photo or video to capture an entire 360 degree view of your surroundings. […]

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  • I was really looking forward to this conference due to the main subjects for discussion being games and simulation. Serious games require careful consideration and development in order to be useful. And one of many things I noted during this day was that there is a lot of great projects out there and people with […]

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  • — This post was written by Tim Wheeler — Today I will be talking about augmented reality development and I will be exploring the differences between the three leading programmes available on the market at the moment. Lets start with: Blippar.com Cost: free for educational use User management: Can add as many users to blippar as […]

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  • — This post was written by Tim Wheeler — Virtual Reality (VR) has been with us for many decades – at least as an idea – but the technology has now come of age. And it’s not just gamers who are benefiting from the immersive possibilities it offers. Four experts, including Mark Bolas – former […]

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  • Blended Reality

    — This post was written by Tim Wheeler — Firstly take a look at this link on Google Plastic. It has 20×20 resolution, is fully interactive and absolutely no lag! https://www.google.com/get/cardboard/plastic . I have to say I was very excited to see what Google had to offer next…. (thanks Lizzie!) Samsung Gear VR On to more virtual […]

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  • AR in education

    — This post was written by Tim Wheeler — I’ve been looking at Augmented Reality lately and how it can help give additional educational information without to much of the tech getting in the way. The majority of us have a phone that is internet connected and thats all you need to take advantage of […]

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  • Atoms and Augmented Adventures! 

    Illustration of people with VR headsets looking at molecules

    From the humble beginnings of stereoscopic pictures, Palmer Luckey’s rebirth of virtual reality in 2012 and the pandemic boom of head mounted displays, is education ready to join the party? 

  • 360 Virtual Tour of the Medical Faculty

    Today is the day of the release of the 360 Virtual Tour project we have been working on for the last few months. You can see it here. The basis of this project was to enable prospective students who are not able to make it to open days to view our facilities inside and outside […]

  • 360 is all around us

    360 video has exploded in recent years. More and more interactive videos have appeared on Social media and even Adobe products have now added support for editing this kind of footage, but what is it? 360 is the process of using either photo or video to capture an entire 360 degree view of your surroundings. […]

  • Games and Simulation enhanced Learning (GSeL) Conference. How was it for you? Here’s my take…

    I was really looking forward to this conference due to the main subjects for discussion being games and simulation. Serious games require careful consideration and development in order to be useful. And one of many things I noted during this day was that there is a lot of great projects out there and people with […]

  • Augmented reality solution comparisons

    — This post was written by Tim Wheeler — Today I will be talking about augmented reality development and I will be exploring the differences between the three leading programmes available on the market at the moment. Lets start with: Blippar.com Cost: free for educational use User management: Can add as many users to blippar as […]

  • How will virtual reality change our lives?

    — This post was written by Tim Wheeler — Virtual Reality (VR) has been with us for many decades – at least as an idea – but the technology has now come of age. And it’s not just gamers who are benefiting from the immersive possibilities it offers. Four experts, including Mark Bolas – former […]

  • Blended Reality

    — This post was written by Tim Wheeler — Firstly take a look at this link on Google Plastic. It has 20×20 resolution, is fully interactive and absolutely no lag! https://www.google.com/get/cardboard/plastic . I have to say I was very excited to see what Google had to offer next…. (thanks Lizzie!) Samsung Gear VR On to more virtual […]

  • AR in education

    — This post was written by Tim Wheeler — I’ve been looking at Augmented Reality lately and how it can help give additional educational information without to much of the tech getting in the way. The majority of us have a phone that is internet connected and thats all you need to take advantage of […]