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SU Professor Working On Educational VR Platform For Islamic Pilgrimages Funded by CICW research grant, the project will take users step by step through Hajj and Umrah rituals

Shenandoah University Assistant Professor of Virtual and Augmented Reality Mohammad Obeid, Ph.D., recently secured a $95,000 research grant from the Center for Islam in the Contemporary World to ... Continue Reading SU Professor Working On Educational…

Shenandoah Faculty, Students Showcase VR Project at History Conference ‘The Great Experiment’ places participants in Independence Hall during the Constitutional Convention of 1787

Shenandoah University students and faculty members recently traveled to Boston to present to a national group of U.S. historians a virtual reality project that takes participants back to the ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Faculty, Students Showcase VR…

Global Game Jam Returns to Shenandoah! After a hiatus in 2021, the 48-hour world’s largest game development event open to students is back and in person, hosted at SU.

Shenandoah University is back in the game for its third year as a Global Game Jam host site. The Global Game Jam is a 48-hour event at which participants create a game or games (video games or ... Continue Reading Global Game Jam Returns to…

Shenandoah University VR Program Receives Seed Grant to Support International Collaboration Shenandoah and Arab American University to establish partnership advancing health care education through the use of virtual reality

A seed grant sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Palestinian Affairs Unit, through the Institute of International Education (IIE), will help Shenandoah University and Arab American University ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University VR Program Receives…

First VR Graduate Ready to do ‘Incredible Things’ With Degree Alistair Bingham is Shenandoah’s First Virtual Reality Design Program Graduate

Alistair Bingham was 12 years old and playing World of Warcraft one day when he thought to himself, "Wait a second. If there are video games, then there are people making these video games. And ... Continue Reading First VR Graduate Ready to…

VR Project Pilot Launch Blends History, Technology Constitutional Convention Comes Alive Through Virtual Debates

Shenandoah University’s History and Virtual Reality (VR) Design Programs, in partnership with the Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL), held a pilot launch for a virtual reality project ... Continue Reading VR Project Pilot Launch Blends…

Shenandoah Seeks Participants for Global Game Jam Event Calls On Creative Minds to Come Together to Build Games

Shenandoah University is seeking creative minds to design, test and create a new game over the course of 48 hours during a Global Game Jam event from Friday, Jan. 31, to Sunday, Feb. 2. This is the ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Seeks Participants for Global…

Go Virtual at Battle of Cool Spring Anniversary celebration highlights Civil War history through tours, augmented reality

Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute is commemorating the 155th anniversary of the Battle of Cool Spring with tours, lectures and the unveiling of an augmented reality ... Continue Reading Go Virtual at Battle of…

Exploring A New Academic Dimension First in Virginia to offer Bachelors Degrees in Virtual Reality (VR)

Shenandoah University is taking a global leap in experiential learning with the rollout of two new virtual reality degrees and an exciting partnership with a leading creator in virtual reality ... Continue Reading Exploring A New Academic Dimension…