Two students in Shenandoah University’s Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Design program have created an AR companion app for a graphic novel written by New York Times bestselling author Wendy Mass, helping bring to life the story of a 12-year-old ... Continue Reading Shenandoah VR Design Students Help…
Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning Develops Virtual Recreation of Historic Plantation VR project provides immersive experience for Wilton House Museum in Richmond
Thanks to the Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL) at Shenandoah University, visitors to the Wilton House Museum now have the opportunity to view the historic 18th century plantation in a way not seen for nearly 100 years. The ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning…
Shenandoah VR Faculty, Students Creating Drone Assembly Training Program The virtual platform, supported by the National Center for Autonomous Technologies, will be a learning tool for drone education nationwide
Shenandoah University Director of Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (B.S.) Mohammad Obeid, Ph.D., with the assistance of SU students and staff at Shenandoah’s Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL), is developing a simulation platform that will train ... Continue Reading Shenandoah VR Faculty, Students Creating…
Shenandoah Students, Faculty Produce Training Videos For Sons Of The American Revolution Videos will help the SAR’s 37,000 members master musket drills, other ceremonial procedures
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…