Another visit on Virtual Reality, specifically Extended Reality (XR) makes an existing space transformed and changes the experience. I attended the Artworx TO exhibition and was stunned how the artists transformed the architecture. The space that I have visited many times, a traditional Greek column stage used for weddings and picnics was immediately changed by Animated Images projected carefully just on columns and archways. The images celebrated cultures, moods, and the people in our city. Here is a short clip:
At the Makers Education Toronto at the Toronto Library, a few years ago, there was an interactive XR experience where you could experience terraforming and water with an interactive projector on top of a sandbox. This technology is not new... but it is still emerging in different ways. Clever applications like this help deepen an understanding on how things connect. In this case, an Xbox 360 sensor, sand, and a projector let you explore how water pathways, lakes, and drainage, interact with land.
Imagine being a student, you come to school entering the front door and the floor and walls interact with you to introduce a theme or an event that is coming up. How would one feel? How would it prepare you as a learner? Imagine as educators what you could brainstorm for Environment Week, Remembrance Day, school plays, or for athletic finals... Would this create a mindset (getting ready) for learning? It is interesting how technology can assist in amplifying an experience or even change a space that is dynamic and for learning. I hope to visit theatres that use this to learn more in the New Year.
Curious if this technology will also become accessible to the point where schools or businesses could have these in many rooms, not just a dedicated space. Imagine what presentations would be like; you would no longer need to work with a postage stamp sized screen at the front of a classroom but rather immersed with images all around you.
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