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Shenandoah VR Design Team Developing An Immersive Experience With WWI Field Gun

Program will incorporate historical elements, put users in the shoes of French 75 cannon operator

A Shenandoah University virtual reality design professor and his team are developing a VR program that would place users in the shoes of a World…

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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…

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App Uses Augmented Reality To Recreate History

‘Through Their Eyes’ Provides In-Depth Look at Battle of Cool Spring

A new app that recreates scenes from the 1864 Battle of Cool Spring is now available for download. Through Their Eyes is a collaboration between…

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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…

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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…

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First VR Debate Tournament Held At Shenandoah

Event Is Believed To Be World’s First University-Level VR Debate Tourney

Shenandoah University hosted what is believed to be the world’s first virtual reality collegiate debate tournament in mid-November, according to Assistant Professor of Media &…

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A Glimpse into Virtual Reality

Symposium discusses VR and future of learning

The Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL) will hold a half-day symposium on virtual reality (VR) and the future of learning on Thursday, Nov. 14.…

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It’s Alive!

Travel through Virtual Reality in Frankenstein’s Mansion — a Halloween Haunted Mansion & Maze

The Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL) presents its first-ever haunted mansion and maze on Halloween. “Frankenstein’s Mansion: An Immersive Experience” is from 7 p.m.…

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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…

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Center Directors Make Their Mark

Marchant Serves on panel while Ruscella Receives Instructional Technology Honor

J.J. Ruscella, M.F.A., director of the Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCIL) and associate professor of theatre (above, right), received the Virginia Foundation for Independent…

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