Posts By: Heidi Singleton

Using AltspaceVR for Virtual Team Meetings

Posted . Filed under Blended learning, CEL Staff, CPD, Digital skills, Postgraduate student, TEL, Virtual reality.

ALtSpaceVR is a free app that can be down loaded onto your PC or Mac.  Altspacevr have just teamed up with Microsoft and are continuing to develop the features of this app.   Once in the Altspace app you can invite colleagues from BU or around the world to join you for a virtual meeting…. Read more » about Using AltspaceVR for Virtual Team Meetings

Using Virtual Worlds for Meetings and Discussions

Posted . Filed under CPD, Creativity, Postgraduate student, TEL, Virtual reality.

    This Friday evening Liz Falconer and myself joined in with a virtual reality chat using the Engage platform (it is freely downloadable using Steam, though not available on Mac at present).  We were able to listen to an expert panel (one being the Vive-president of HTC vive) and join an audience of people from… Read more » about Using Virtual Worlds for Meetings and Discussions

Virtual, Mixed and Augmented Reality for Dementia Care- A BU Special Interest Group Working Event

Posted . Filed under HE Students, Innovation, Virtual reality.

A VR/AR special interest group met this morning to explore the use of various technologies in relation to potential use for the care of Dementia patients.  The meeting was chaired by Sue Thomas (Visiting Fellow) and included two members of staff from Richmondwood Residential Care Home (Johnny and Lucy Glazer).   Liz Falconer and David… Read more » about Virtual, Mixed and Augmented Reality for Dementia Care- A BU Special Interest Group Working Event

Using Fieldscapes as an authoring tool for creating immersive learning

Posted . Filed under CEL Staff, Creative Methods, Creativity, Digital skills, Innovation, News, Research.

Dr Liz Falconer, Denyse King (Midwifery Lecturer) and David Hunt met with Nash Mbaya and David Burden from Daden Limited today; to continue their collaborative development of a Virtual Maternity Urinalysis Clinic using ‘Fieldscapes’.  The meeting was part of the Collaborative Alternative Augmented Reality Series (CAARS)- a project that is creating a 3D virtual environment… Read more » about Using Fieldscapes as an authoring tool for creating immersive learning