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The latest company news and press releases about VictoryXR – the company, our partners, and the latest news on AR, VR, and metaversities.
November 17, 2022 • KU Medical Center
KU School of Nursing launches “Metaversity” offering virtual, immersive learning
The school’s new digital twin campus promises to change the way KU nursing students learn and eventually how many can be taught.
November 28, 2022 • NBC News
Morehouse College class will teach Black history in the metaverse
Students have toured the Underground Railroad, a slave ship and other artifacts using virtual reality technology.
August 26, 2022 • Best Colleges
The Dawning Age of the Metaversity
Online learning got a bad rap during the pandemic, but the metaverse offers an enticing way to engage students and faculty alike.
September 3, 2022 • Forbes
Metaversity Is In Session As Meta And Iowa’s VictoryXR Open 10 Virtual Campuses
After two years of Zoom classes, colleges are warming to the idea of holding classes in the metaverse. With $150 million invested, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is leading the charge.
October 15, 2022 • University.co.uk
Passive vs Active Learning: The Cadaver Conundrum
The American school system, like most schools around the world, has a major issue with its STEM (Science-Technology-Education-Math) education. A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center found that 52 percent of adults believe the main reason that young people do not pursue STEM…
September 22, 2022 • The Daily Iowan
Opinion | Colleges should invest in virtual reality
Virtual reality technology creates an engaging environment for students.
October 20, 2022 • Federation of Awarding Bodies
Gen Z & The Future of Learning in The Metaverse
I was born in the analogue era. On demand had not been invented yet. The metaverse was an alien world. Only three or four linear TV channels existed in the UK. And calling your girlfriend meant agreeing, at least in those days, exactly when you’d be waiting by the shared house telephone to talk to one another.
October 4, 2022 • The Collegian
SDSU readies for ‘metaversity’ through virtual classes, campus
SDSU’s metaverse classrooms are online this semester as professors explore a new frontier of education: virtual reality.
October 5, 2022 • KTLA
Law school course looks at rules in the Metaverse
Students at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles are taking a brand-new course this year: Law in the Metaverse!
The course looks at everything from cryptocurrency to smart contracts and how real-life rules will work in the virtual world.
While you’ve heard of the metaverse, you’re probably still wondering what it is.
September 26, 2022 • TyN
Meta’s next big bet: The ‘metaversity’
During her inorganic chemistry class at Morehouse College in the spring of 2021, Dr. Muhsinah Morris launched a little experiment.
She had spent more than two decades working in higher education, but the COVID-19 crisis had forced teachers to find entirely new ways to integrate technology into the classroom. So, for the spring semester, she decided to try something entirely new to reinvigorate her class after a challenging year: She taught her course in the metaverse.
May 6, 2022 • Government Technology
What is the Metaverse's Future in K-12 and Higher Ed?
Virtual and augmented reality tools are gaining traction in both K-12 and higher-ed institutions, but experts say more planning and collaboration are needed to make the content practical and useful.
November 14, 2022 • T-Mobile
Blazing the XR Trail with 5G
Extended Reality (XR) is a major buzzword in tech today, with promises that it will transform the way we communicate and interact with the world around us. While that sounds futuristic and forward-looking, I can tell you it’s all very real … and innovation happening on our network right now is beginning to deliver on those promises.
October 24, 2022 • UMGC
UMGC JUMPS INTO THE METAVERSE
Did you know you can get a time machine, a shrinking machine, and a replicator all in one device? Using a headset that is less than 20 square inches and weighs slightly more than a pound, you can take a trip to Angel Falls in Venezuela, inspect the left ventricle of a human heart, or make a Tyrannosaurus Rex appear out of thin air. Such is the magic of virtual reality.
November 12, 2022 • BET
Morehouse College Becomes First College To Offer Classes In The Metaverse
Morehouse College is adding to its dynamic curriculum by offering classes in the metaverse.
According to WSB-TV, the Atlanta-based, all-men HBCU is the first college to extend their learning experience to the virtual world. The metaverse is a three-dimensional digital world.
November 7, 2022 • WSB-TV
Morehouse College leads the way in education in the metaverse
One of Atlanta’s historically Black colleges is turning things around when it comes to learning in the metaverse.
The metaverse is a computerized, three-dimensional, virtual world. If you’re studying the solar system, you can go to Mars. If you’re studying U.S. history, you can go back in time to the American Revolution or the Underground Railroad.
T-Mobile
The Unconventional Awards
When it comes to business success, a little creativity can go a long way. Innovative thinking and outside-the-box strategies can supercharge an organization by fueling growth, disrupting the status quo and winning the minds of employees and customers. T-Mobile for Business celebrates these creative approaches to solving problems and embracing opportunity with its 2022 Unconventional Awards.
Modul University
Europe's first 'Metaversity'
As the first university in Europe, Modul University Vienna announces its collaboration with metaverse education provider VictoryXR. Through the joint collaboration, modern technologies such as augmented and virtual reality are to be integrated into everyday study in the future, thus creating the first metaversity in Europe: a university that is recreated as a digital twin using virtual reality in the metaverse.
UMGC
Immersive Learning at UMGC January 2023
This newsletter provides updates about the new Immersive Learning innovations at UMGC. The team will be sharing updates from the pilot courses as well as developments of the metaversity.
EdTech
What Is a Metaversity, and Should You Create One on Your Campus?
Advances in virtual and augmented reality have made it possible to create digital twins of universities. Here’s what to consider before building one.
XR Today
Top 7 Education Applications to Explore in 2023
Virtual Reality (VR) is quickly becoming a mainstream technology, not just for consumers, but businesses and educational facilities too. In recent years, as devices and software in the VR space have grown more accessible, we’ve begun to discover a host of effective use cases for immersive experiences.
