With a launch date scheduled in time for the media studies capstone project “Emerge” next semester, students across all programs will soon be able to use new VR technology as a learning tool.<\/p>\n
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\u201cVR is opening up a door into another world and the exciting thing happens when we are in that world together,\u201d said in a promotional video by American VR company Oculus.<\/p>\n
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That\u2019s what the University of Guelph-Humber is planning to do. An idea that came about a few years ago will finally come to light just in time for Emerge, a final project that includes an awards show, a magazine and a series of events run by media studies students across all specializations.<\/p>\n
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Marc Tavares, media technologies specialist, can see a use for VR in all seven programs, giving examples that media studies can utilize it for immersive film, kinesiology for demonstrating human anatomy and psychology for learning how to retrain the brain and its therapeutic use.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s opening up the door to the immortal world,\u201d says Tavares. He says VR is a very powerful tool in many different fields, giving an example with health sciences and how users can gain empathy by letting you experience colour blindness.<\/p>\n
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Tavares says that the equipment will be set up in the photo studio on the fourth floor.<\/p>\n
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Kathy Ullyott, program head of media studies, says that \u201cVR and AR (augmented reality) are critical in any media studies program now.\u201d Ullyott says she would like to have VR classes in the future, but at this point in time the goal is to make professors aware of the available technology.<\/p>\n
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Ullyott also says that there is no stipulation as to who can use the VR technology. Whether for recreational purposes or for a course, it\u2019s all about the experience. \u201cThat\u2019s how you appreciate its value.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Students who attended the study abroad trip to New York and Los Angeles last summer had the opportunity to visit Emblematic, a pioneering VR company for filmmakers and storytellers.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Fourth-year media studies student Claire Beazley was there. \u201cWe met some of the creators there and the founder of the company, Nonny de la Pe\u00f1a, happened to walk in the room while we were there and that was extremely cool.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Since then, Beazley has become very interested in the topic and is excited to showcase the new technology during Emerge this spring.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Ullyott and Tavares are both eager to get the VR technology up and running, with Tavares saying, \u201cVR is here to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With a launch date scheduled in time for the media studies capstone project “Emerge” next semester, students across all programs will soon be able to use new VR technology as a learning tool. \u201cVR is opening up a door into another world and the exciting thing happens when we are in that world together,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":8295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[148,62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}