virtual reality lab
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Virtual Reality Lab
Colin Welch – Head of Production, Brightwave@colinwelch
Iestyn Lloyd – Creative Technologist, Lloyd Digital@yezzer
Tim Fleming – Executive Producer, Future Visual@futurevisual1
brightwave.co.uk@brighttweet
Agenda:
•What are VR / AR?
•Applications in learning
•HAVE A GO!
•Workshop your ideas
VR & AR Technologies
Gear VR
Google Cardboard
Oculus Rift DK1 / DK2
Some predictions
Consumer Virtual Reality market worth $5.2bn by 2018
VR in learning?
Let’s start by acknowledging the obvious…
VR is NOT appropriate
for the majority of
learning needs
Towards a hypothesis for VR in learning:
IF…
some learning requires more than just doing, but also feeling at a physical or emotional level…
Towards a hypothesis for VR in learning:
AND…
VR hardware such as Oculus Rift can give such feelings of ‘presence’…
Towards a hypothesis for VR in learning:
THEN…
VR can, and should, be considered the best way to deliver training that requires learners to feel presence in an environment.
“So what’s ‘presence’ and why does it matter?”
Presence is:
Presence is:More than immersion.
Immersion is when you feel surrounded by a virtual world. Presence is when you feel part of that virtual world.
Presence is:…even when you know you’re in a demo VR environment, you can’t help reaching out to touch an object…ducking to avoid a low beam…feeling uneasy due to a large object overhead.
Presence is:
Unique to VR, and also fundamental to it’s success.
So – VR can work in learning when…
• A sense of presence is important
• When real environments are hard or dangerous to access
• When real environments or products don’t exist yet
Examples
Fire safety:
Aviation training:
SHUT UP AND LET US HAVE A GO THEN!!
Think about…
•Existing learning you have that could benefit from VR / AR•Upcoming projects that could use VR / AR•Any other ideas for applications
Tell us…
•Why VR would make it more effective for the learner
Thank you
brightwave.co.uk