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Oculus and Unity Have Launched a Free VR Intermediate VR Courses
Oculus has teamed up with Unity to offer a free intermediate virtual training course for advanced Unity developers. The course will consist of eleven lessons that should take developers 20…
Auschwitz Twin Experiments Survivor Eva Mozes Kor’s Story Told in Virtual Reality
Eva Mozes Kor and her twin sister Miriam were only 10 when they were deported to the Auschwitz and were soon subjected to Mengele’s twin experiments. Only Eva and her…
In Australia, University Students Using Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality to Learn Anatomy
Could virtual reality and augmented reality replace textbooks in the classrooms of the future? One Australian university is already ahead of the curve. La Trobe University in Australia is now…
Labster Has Raised $21 Million in Series B Funding for STEM Education Effort
Denmark-based virtual lab simulations startup Labster has scored $21 million in Series B funding for its virtual laboratory simulations or STEM students. The new funding round was led by Owl…
World’s First Fish-Themed Virtual Reality Game Has a Computer-Programmed Fish Immersed into a Pond Full of Predators
Scientists in Britain have developed a fish-themed virtual reality game that immerses a computer-programmed fish prey inside an aquarium that is filled with real predators. This computer game for fish…
Explore Google Expeditions on Your Own
Google announced that it’s releasing a solo mode for its Expeditions app that makes it much easier for anyone to take individual tours anywhere in the world. Virtual Reality Trips…
90 California Libraries will include Oculus Rifts
As part of a pilot education program, Oculus will deploy 100 Oculus Rifts in 90 different libraries across the state of California over the next three months. Oculus Education Pilot…
Bowstring Makes Cool Temple University VR Tour
The goal was to create a virtual reality experience with groundbreaking camerawork and an immersive narrative storytelling for current and prospective students. Bowstring Studios created the concept and brought to…
Explain VR is your Virtual Reality Encyclopedia
Maybe we can’t explain all the things behind Virtual Reality, but Virtual Reality can definitely help explain many things in an easy and immersive way. It is a fact that…
Mattel’s View-Master Partners with NASA, NatGeo, and Discovery for Educational VR
When the classic toy View-Master returns next month, viewers can search for kangaroos, travel to the Yucatan Peninsula, or see what it's like to stand on every planet in the…