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Colin Kelly setting up to take a 360-degree photo at the Paco Pampa bofedales system in Peru

Geography student's VR app offers glimpse into Peru study-abroad experience

11/27/18

Colin Kelly has lived all over the world. But when he visited Peru for the first time, he found himself fascinated with the landscape, people and the connection between them. Now Kelly, a senior majoring in geography, is creating a virtual reality application that incorporates both the scientific and social aspects of his visits to Peru.

A man in a warehouse looks through a virtual-reality headset.

NSF funds three-year study of virtual-reality engineering simulations

10/5/18

Researchers at Penn State Behrend and University Park are developing a virtual-reality simulation that will place engineering students in an interactive and immersive manufacturing environment. The National Science Foundation is supporting the project with nearly $300,000 in funding.

User experiencing anatomy virtual reality app

Examining the anatomy of an innovative internship

8/9/18

With the help of Teaching and Learning with Technology staff and Penn State faculty, along with resources at the Dreamery, Penn State student Spenta Bamji created a unique internship that fortified her desire to become an educator.

Virtual Reality in the Classroom

Penn State Fayette introduces virtual reality to the classroom

3/16/18

Information Technology Services at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus demonstrated use of virtual reality technology for an integrative arts course on March 14 in the recently renovated Engineering and Arts Suite. Students will use the VR technology to design objects in virtual reality for the purpose of 3-D printing.

digital image simulating a human skull with facial structure as front view

Blausen donates medical images, digital animations to University Libraries

3/9/18

Penn State University Libraries’ recent gift from 2014 Penn State Alumni Fellow Bruce E. Blausen provides three years’ access to an extensive collection of digital images and video animations depicting human health and medical scenarios. The gift increases students’ online access to study detailed renderings and animated simulations, but the future student impact of the collection may offer even greater, immersive potential.

graphic representing machine-learning

Can computers be creative?

11/13/17

Researchers from Penn State have received $900,000 to teach computers how to generate original design ideas and then determine if those ideas are technically feasible which, in terms of national security, would give the United States a considerable competitive advantage in our technology industries.

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