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 Microsoft Teams! As a kick-off to a new (monthly) series of posts that will feature updates within our community. We intend to continue this series...
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 researchers were able to identify individuals with a 90% accuracy rate [UPDATE Nov. 2 2020: it’s currently 95% without any special...
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…
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