SCiL Projects

Real-World Design Experience

The Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL) is an active design studio. Faculty, staff, and students work together on real-world design projects supported by government agencies, non-profit organizations, museums, faculty research initiatives, and other community partners.

SCiL projects create resume-enhancing, real-world opportunities for Shenandoah University students who are pursuing careers in VR, AR, XR, software development, games, the visual arts, and many other areas of design.

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Past and current projects include:

• Anatomy VR | Learn about human anatomy with an educational VR experience
• Atmosphere of Hate | Experience the bravery and hatred of a civil rights era lunch counter sit-in
• Blue Ridge Wildlife Center: Wood Turtle Habitats | See the world from a turtle’s point of view with support from BRWC
• Bomb Shelter VR | Decide who will survive the apocalypse in an immersive strategic thinking exercise
• Caged Birds | An augmented reality app that put ghostly dancers on stage during the Caged Birds opera
• Classroom Management VR | Learn to more effectively manage student behavior as a classroom teacher
• Farmer Joe: Rise of the Roots | Blast wayward vegetables in the student-made VR game
• Generative AI | Have an AI-driven conversation with founding fathers, pioneering aviators, and more
• Gesture XR Interface | Learn more about SCiL and our VR Design programs with this gesture-driven kiosk installation
• Haptic Vest Demo | Feel VR come to life in this student-developed demo of the bHaptics TactSuit
• Haunted Hospital | A Halloween dare goes badly wrong – can you escape the haunted hospital?
• HIVE AR | An augmented reality visualization of Shenandoah University’s Hazel-Pruitt Armory
• John Brown Trial | Witness the moment when John Brown learns his fate after the raid on Harper’s Ferry
• Lo & Behold AR | The novel Lo & Behold comes to life through this student-led AR experience
• Mars VR Expedition | Explore the surface of Mars in a multi-player team coordination training exercise
• Nate Lander | Land your rocket safely on planet Nate
• NOVA Science Center AR | An augmented reality visualization of the Northern Virginia Science Center
• Odder AR | Odd otters play and swim in the AR augmentation of the children’s book Odder
• Orbits VR | Dissect the atomic structure of elements in the periodic table
• Pharmacy Sterile Compound | Learn pharmacy compounding practices in this VR training simulation
• Pilgrim VR | Visit Mecca and watch or train on the various rituals at Islam’s holiest sites
• Police VR | Make split-second law enforcement choices and analyze your decision-making process
• Poly Pilots | A military flight simulation developed by Spencer Franklin ’26
• Quarterback Trainer | 3D videos help you see the plays unfold from the Shenandoah Football quarterback’s perspective
• Rachel’s Story | The Ben Lomond historic site comes to life in this 360 video experience
• Sons of the American Revolution | Learn to safely load, fire, and clear a musket with NSSAR training videos
• Through Their Eyes | Witness the Civil War Battle of Cool Spring on the banks of the Shenandoah River in 1864
• Trex VR | An immersive training simulation designed to train personnel on operations and procedures within the factory at Trex
• Voice Science VR | Explore medical imagery of the first instrument: the human vocal tract
• Wildland 205 | Immerse yourself in the dangers of planet Wildland 205
• Winchester Tourism | Explore Winchester, VA and the surrounding area with this immersive tourism experience
  

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