extended reality

  1. March 18, 2024

    XR stage expands global education through virtual production

    The new extended reality stage at U-M’s Center for Academic Innovation is helping build online learning opportunities so students can engage and dive into an immersive virtual journey.

  2. February 9, 2023

    U-M launches three online courses using extended reality

    The Center for Academic Innovation and Coursera have launched the first three in a set of 10 planned online learning opportunities that integrate extended-reality technologies into the learning experience.

  3. January 25, 2023

    XR technology team to serve 2023 Taubman artist residency

    Gibson/Martelli, a London-based team specializing in extended-reality technology, will be the 2023 artists in residency at the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

  4. April 20, 2022

    Academic Innovation, Coursera to team up for 10 XR-enhanced courses

    U-M’s Center for Academic Innovation and the online learning platform Coursera are partnering on 10 new courses enhanced by extended reality technologies.

  5. September 29, 2021

    XR technology ‘brings’ conference goers to iconic U-M space

    As the Center for Academic Innovation prepared for its first annual XR Summit, organizer Jeremy Nelson had an idea: create a virtual representation of the Diag for people to meet, using the technology that was the focus of the event.

  6. May 25, 2021

    XR advertising could be a consumer threat if left unchecked

    Investment in augmented and virtual reality is expected to mushroom in the coming years, and so are the opportunities for those advertisers who would use the technology to manipulate, U-M researchers say.

  7. March 29, 2021

    XR @ Michigan 2021 Summit to focus on extended-reality issues

    The XR @ Michigan 2021 Summit will bring a virtual audience from all around the world onto a virtual events platform to hear about and discuss the potential and challenges of extended reality.

  8. March 29, 2021

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  9. January 25, 2021

    XR Initiative funds 13 new extended reality projects

    The university’s XR Initiative is funding 13 new XR Innovation projects that work with faculty to develop course content using commercially available extended reality authoring platforms.

  10. December 18, 2020

    XR Initiative at 1: Milestones met as pandemic brings challenges

    A little over a year after leaders at the Center for Academic Innovation announced an XR Initiative, the first funded faculty projects are moving along nicely.