A team of Shenandoah University students, faculty and staff produced a set of videos for the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) to help the organization train its members in activities such as musket drills and ceremonial ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Students, Faculty Produce Training…
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 War I artilleryman. Nathan Prestopnik, Ph.D., associate professor of virtual and augmented reality, is ... Continue Reading Shenandoah VR Design Team Developing…
Shenandoah Formalizes International Partnership with Yarmouk University SU delegation travels to Jordan, signs memorandum of understanding with collaborating institution
Shenandoah University representatives traveled to Jordan this summer to strengthen ties with Yarmouk University and formalize the partnership between the two institutions through the signing of a memorandum of understanding. Associate Provost of ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Formalizes International Partnership with…
Shenandoah Sends Delegation to Partner Institution in Palestine SU students, faculty and staff visit Arab American University, demonstrate work in virtual reality design and conduct professional development workshops
A group of Shenandoah University students, faculty and staff recently visited Arab American University (AAUP), a private Palestinian university in Jenin, to demonstrate a virtual nursing simulation platform, conduct workshops and meet with AAUP ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Sends Delegation to Partner…
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 create an immersive virtual reality experience to serve ... Continue Reading SU Professor Working On Educational…
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 (AAUP), a private Palestinian university in Jenin, ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University VR Program Receives…
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 Shenandoah’s McCormick Civil War Institute and the Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL). The ... Continue Reading App Uses Augmented Reality 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 that transports participants back in time to the ... 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 second consecutive year that Shenandoah will serve ... 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 experience. The commemorative event occurs on Saturday, July 20, ... Continue Reading Go Virtual at Battle of…
