VWBPE: Immersive methodologies for school and museum tours

Speakers: William Schmachtenberg  / Dae Miami

Schools frequently do field trips in real life to museums, but with the recent focus on online learning due to COVID, why not take students on a virtual world tour to a museum or a field trip to the Cretaceous and see amazing dinosaurs in their habitat. These tours can be done using pcs, in virtual reality, or even on a chromebook! This presentation will focus on the work I have done to bring exhibits at the Virginia Museum of Natural History alive in virtual worlds.

• Participants will see how virtual worlds can be used to create immersive experiences for virtual field trips.

Accessibility: Provide a written script

Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWBPE%20Aquila/165/211/1419