This collection is curated by the XR ERA team.
The network around XR ERA regularly contribute their insights to the platform. These articles range from philosophical questions to practical applications.
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Evaluating resources for XR practices | A brainstorm session with Walter Giannuzzi
Early May, one of XR ERA members', Walter Gianuzzi initiated a group discussion to gather insights into what kind of information...
Towards a shared resource for safe and ethical use of XR in higher-education | recap meetup #7
XR security, privacy, safety and ethics considerations are topics that will always be important in the field of XR application and...
Aligning 3D learning and assessment in XR | recap meetup #6
Learning and assessing are closely related, so when systems of learning evolve, so should assessing the gained knowledge. In this meetup...
Making a digital reconstruction of the Amsterdam neighbourhood Vlooienburg accessible in VR – an interview with the creators
As shared in a previous article in January 2021, we organized a fruitful community meetup, in a virtual reconstruction of the vanished...
A 3D exploration of the material past | recap meetup #4
To make a flying start of 2021, a very special XR ERA meetup took place on Thursday, January 21st at 11:00. In an ample 40 minutes,...
Objectives and approaches for implementing XR in academia
How do you get started implementing XR in your education or research? To get an idea of where you as a teacher, researcher or even student...
Pedagogy: Beyond the design of augmented reality
Perhaps the well known augmented reality (AR) game “Pokemon Go” will soon be rebranded as “Pokemon Went”, which can be attributed to...
Providing stepping stones to get started with virtual and augmented reality
The potential of extended reality is increasingly recognized as a powerful tool in education and research contexts. Applications include
Learning abstract concepts with XR
Abstract thinking is a crucial skill for students to master, and yet traditional teaching methods often struggle to convey concepts that cannot…
Learning with social XR
‘Does the bomb have a parallel port?!’ my friend shouts into my ear. I turn the bomb around. ‘No, it doesn’t,’ I reply, stressed out. ‘Cut the wire!’ he yells. I hold my breath and cut…
VR by proxy
Here is a familiar problem for those of us working in the immersive technology space: without a killer app for VR, how will we ever get to the level of VR hardware saturation that we need…
Immersive language learning
Let’s imagine how XR could help us learn a new language: I put on my VR headset and can immediately connect to multiple…
Community meetup August 2020 | recap meetup #1
On Thursday the 20th of August we organized our first community meetup and we launched the XR ERA community channel on...
Responsible use of XR in the academic field
Recent research has shown that anonymising biometric data generated by VR headsets is almost impossible. Using 95 data points, the...
The state of XR in academia
Extended Reality (XR) is gaining ground in academia, both in research and education. Universities are holding virtual court sessions, researchers are gaining new insights…
Community Meeting March 2020 | recap meetup #0
XR in Higher Education and Research On March 3rd, 2020, we organized a meetup with a diverse group of 30 educators and researchers from...