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New Kensington Opens First Campus IMEX Viewing Pod
New Kensington Opens First Campus IMEX Viewing Pod Just as the dust settled on the 2018-2019 academic year, the New Kensington campus took the wraps off of a months-long effort to bring immersive spaces and resources to its community. The new IMEX viewing...
Templatizing Augmented Reality in Unity with IMEX
Templatizing Augmented Reality in Unity with IMEX testing Tyler's template with mobile device trigger In order to learn more about the construction of Augmented Reality (AR) content - and make its creation accessible to a wider audience, Creative Designer...
IMEX Furniture Feature: i2i Chairs From Steelcase
IMEX Furniture Feature: i2i Chairs From Steelcase When it came to designing a space where people could experience 360° video and VR content in different headsets, there were two issues that were our main concern: Safety and Comfort. We needed...
Bring the World into Your Classroom with the Experience Catalogue
Bring the World into Your Classroom with the Experience Catalogue Each summer, Media Commons/Maker Commons/Immersive Experiences Lab takes on a series of summer projects that seek to improve existing services and resources, create wholly new opportunities...
New virtual reality lab allows Altoona students to ‘travel’ around the world
New virtual reality lab allows Altoona students to ‘travel’ around the world Seniors Tyler Talarico-Yunker and Dakota Kistler, along with campus instructional designer Joe Scott, speak with Alzbeta Prokopova, an application and support engineer at Amberg Technologies....
Barron highlights transformative experiences through digital innovation
Barron highlights transformative experiences through digital innovation Conrad Tucker grabs a virtual building block that exhibits similar physical real world properties such as gravity, color, rigidity, etc. Penn State President Eric J. Barron outlined the...
360-degree video equipment now available at Penn State Altoona Library
360-degree video equipment now available at Penn State Altoona Library Penn State Altoona’s Library recently acquired new equipment that enables patrons to make fully immersive 360-degree videos. The library offers two Nikon KeyMission 360 cameras, a variety of...
Immersive technologies provide training options for engineering students
Immersive technologies provide training options for engineering students Berks sophomore Wyatt Ritchie works with the equipment in the campus machine shop to implement it into the 360-degree videos. Providing hands-on training options can be critical for student...
‘Herding Blind Cats’: How Do You Lead a Class Full of Students Wearing VR Headsets?
‘Herding Blind Cats’: How Do You Lead a Class Full of Students Wearing VR Headsets? Agriculture professors like to take students on “crop walks” to teach them how to spot certain plant diseases, but it’s an activity that can only be done during the right season. So...