In this episode, I speak with Hendrick Grobler and Etienne van Wyk about their article "Towards Incorporating Extended Reality Technology in the Education of Mining Professionals."  For more information about their work, check out the links below:

https://www.jsemagazine.co.za/jse-supplement/mind-games-2/

https://www.miningweekly.com/article/worlds-first-virtual-blast-wall-virtual-cube-revolutionise-mining-training-2018-06-08/rep_id:3650

In this episode of the Versatilist AREA, Tim and I talk about Doritos and Craggy Cheetos - and that's before we even get to virtual McDonalds.

In this episode, I speak with Borja Manero & Sandra Alonso Paz about their work "Evaluation of a Motion Capture and Virtual Reality Classroom for Secondary School Teacher Training."  I gotta say, this is a very exciting project if you're interested in the use of these tools in teacher training programs.  For more information about their work, check out the following materials:

Bocos-Corredor, M., Diaz-Nieto, A., Lopez-Garcia, A., & Alvarez, I. M. (2020). A VR game to improve communication skills in secondary-school teachers. In 12th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies Online Conference,[EDULEARN20] (pp. 8701-871).

El-Yamri, M., Romero-Hernandez, A., Gonzalez-Riojo, M., & Manero, B. (2019, July). Emotions-responsive audiences for VR public speaking simulators based on the speakers' voice. In 2019 IEEE 19th international conference on advanced learning technologies (ICALT) (Vol. 2161, pp. 349-353). IEEE.

Video: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3290607.3311777

CHOVR: A VIRTUAL REALITY TOOL FOR CHORAL CONDUCTING TRAINING

In this episode, Amy and I talk about whether the Metaverse will be the solution to research issues or an overblown hype that amounts to nothing.  

In this episode of the Versatilist, I speak with Torbjorn Netland about his work "Teaching in Virtual Reality: Experiences from a Lean Masterclass."  For more information about Torbjorn's work, check out www.factoryvr.ch, including all their papers on the subject and the YouTube video they made for Reimagine Education https://youtu.be/3mUghoxnWLU.