extended reality
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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March 29, 2021
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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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.
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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.
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October 19, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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October 14, 2020
Proposals sought for XR projects that transform teaching, learning
The Center for Academic Innovation is seeking proposals related to how extended reality tools — including augmented and virtual reality — can transform teaching and learning at U-M.
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May 21, 2020
Event to encourage XR technologies for remote teaching
The Center for Academic Innovation is inviting faculty and staff to an event May 28 in which they will be encouraged to reimagine courses as hybrid, remote immersive online and in-person experiences.