Extended Reality

UNSW Library and PVCE's Educational Delivery Services interactive exhibition of immersive learning experiences.

When:

11 - 15 February 2019

 

Where:

Level 5 Main Library

Partners:

PVCE Educational Delivery Services

UNSW Library and PVCE's Educational Delivery Services presented this interactive exhibition of immersive learning experiences that have been developed by UNSW.

This suite of Virtual and Augmented Reality experiences, designed for the classroom, provided students with opportunities to engage with their disciplines in innovative and inspiring ways through experience-based learning. These 'XR Learning Objects' connected to an Immersive Data Analytics Dashboard that visualised interactive and spatial data as meaningful learning measurements which academics could track in real time. Included in the exhibition were VR experiences for teaching language which were among the world's first created for use outside of the STEM disciplines.

This exhibition presented the opportunity to try these emerging educational approaches and see what they can offer the university experience.

Image gallery

A dozen university student stand in a row in front of a gallery wall that reads "Extended Reality"

Extended Reality Opening night - Student facilitators in front of the exhibition title wall

A photo of people attending the exhibition opening event. A lady in a green top wears a VR headset.

Extended Reality Opening night - audience participating in VR installation 1

Photo of an exhibition opening event. A crowd of people gather in a gallery space, some of the are wearing VR headsets, others are socialising.

Extended Reality Opening night - audience participating in VR installation 2

Photo of several people gathering in a gallery space. One man is wearing a VR headset device, another man stands next to him talking. People gather and socialise in the background.

Extended Reality Opening night - audience participating in VR installation 3

A close-up photo of a lady wearing a VR headset with her arms reached out in front of her. In the background a crowd of people gather and socialise.

Extended Reality Opening night - audience participating in VR installation 4

A close-up photo of a man wearing a VR headset, with his arm reaching out in front of him. Another man watches and assists. In the background is a video projection of a 3D virtual reality scene.

Extended Reality Opening night - audience participating in VR installation 5

Close-up photo of a man in a blue shirt wearing a VR headset. Next to him, a woman points to a screen that is directly in front of them.

Extended Reality Opening night - audience participating in VR installation 6

Photo of a man wearing a VR headset, with one arm in front of him. In the background people gather watching him and socialising.

Extended Reality Opening night - audience participating in VR installation 7

Photo of a man wearing a white shirt in a VR headset. Next to him, a woman with long curly hair watches his movements. Behind them is a video projection of a 3D scene showing an outdoor plaza with a luminescent yellow and purple ladder.

Extended Reality Opening night - audience participating in VR installation 8

Photo of a woman wearing a VR headset, with her arm stretched out in front of her. A man wearing a grey shirt stands close by, with his arm stretched out near hers. Behind them is a video projection showing 3D scenery.

Extended Reality Opening night - audience participating in VR installation 9

A smiling woman in a white top wears a VR headset and holds two hand-held VR devices in her outstretched hands. Behind her are several people socialising.

Extended Reality Opening night - audience participating in VR installation 10

A dozen university student stand in a row in front of a gallery wall that reads "Extended Reality"
A photo of people attending the exhibition opening event. A lady in a green top wears a VR headset.
Photo of an exhibition opening event. A crowd of people gather in a gallery space, some of the are wearing VR headsets, others are socialising.
Photo of several people gathering in a gallery space. One man is wearing a VR headset device, another man stands next to him talking. People gather and socialise in the background.
A close-up photo of a lady wearing a VR headset with her arms reached out in front of her. In the background a crowd of people gather and socialise.
A close-up photo of a man wearing a VR headset, with his arm reaching out in front of him. Another man watches and assists. In the background is a video projection of a 3D virtual reality scene.
Close-up photo of a man in a blue shirt wearing a VR headset. Next to him, a woman points to a screen that is directly in front of them.
Photo of a man wearing a VR headset, with one arm in front of him. In the background people gather watching him and socialising.
Photo of a man wearing a white shirt in a VR headset. Next to him, a woman with long curly hair watches his movements. Behind them is a video projection of a 3D scene showing an outdoor plaza with a luminescent yellow and purple ladder.
Photo of a woman wearing a VR headset, with her arm stretched out in front of her. A man wearing a grey shirt stands close by, with his arm stretched out near hers. Behind them is a video projection showing 3D scenery.
A smiling woman in a white top wears a VR headset and holds two hand-held VR devices in her outstretched hands. Behind her are several people socialising.

Events from this exhibition

Opening event

Extended Reality was opened by Hero Macdonald, Director of Learning Services and Digital Innovation, UNSW Library.

Event was held on Wednesday, 13 February 2019.