Immersive Learning Experiences

Faculty at Georgetown are using the following applications in their classes:

• Rome Reborn takes users through a tour of Ancient Rome.
• TiltBrush lets you paint in 3D space with Virtual Reality.
• ,Ocean Acidification Experience allows students to observe firsthand what rocky reefs are expected to look like by the end of the century if we do not curb CO2 emissions.
• ,Nanome allows students to interact in a nano-scaled world where they can engage with complex DNA strands or atoms at a molecular level.

Simulations

Hospitals and medical schools are using simulations to enable students to practice surgical techniques in virtual worlds before operating on cadavers or real patients. Augmented reality is an even more practical and highly effective way that surgeons are able to perform remote surgeries using a computer, smart phone, tablet and a simple webcam.

Interactive Content

Geoscience professor Sarah Johnson and her class brought cameras that capture 360 footage out on the Potomac and Anacostia rivers when they were doing water quality testing. They created 360 videos that they later shared with teenagers with intellectual and physical disabilities in the University’s “Best Buddies” program that aren’t able to get out on canoes. "Working closely with the staff of the Gelardin New Media Center, my students merged 360 degree footage they filmed in the field with educational content they designed in line with the pedagogy of “universal design” to produce an immersive, accessible learning experience."