AR Sandbox
Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
This is a short introduction and some ideas for how to utilize an AR sandbox in your classroom/lab. This is not information about how to make your own AR sandbox! These activities aim to link topographic map ...

Visual Resources
What are Augmented and Virtual Reality visual resources? Visual resources are images, virtual field trips, online tools, or any other digital visualization format that can be used as a resource for geoscience ...

Experience your carbon footprint in VR
Gavin Gleasman, Clemson University
Gavin Gleasman, Clemson Univeristy Resource https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/experience-your-carbon-footprint-vr Resource Description The emittance of the greenhouse gas, CO2, has large impacts on ...

Modalities of VR: From 360 images to 3D worlds
VR experiences fall on a spectrum of complexity in terms of what they provide and the requirements for development. Klippel et al. (2019) proposed a taxonomy for virtual field trips (VFT) that includes three ...

Teaching Activities
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Virtual Tour
Gavin Gleasman, Clemson University
Gavin Gleasman, Clemson University Resource https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/virtual-tour/ Resource Description The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Virtual Tour is a self-lead 360-image based experience. Users will receive a ...

Pedagogies & VR
Want to take students on virtual field trips? Improve understanding of spatial relationships? Let them practice using tools of the trade? Regardless of what you want to do, this area will help you to learn more ...

Modern Coral #1 - Photosphere - Curacao
Stephen Moysey, East Carolina University
This is a photosphere collected underwater to illustrate a modern reef environment. The photo was taken in Curacao (12.341N, 69.153W).

Why VR?
There are a wide range of reasons why VR field trips are desirable, ranging from accessibility and cost to logistics and liability. Despite the advantages, a VR field trip should not be expected to reproduce the ...

Student Storytelling with VR
Kelly Lazar, Clemson University
Virtual reality has the ability to engage students by allowing them to tell their own stories about the planet. In this assignment, students are asked to explain an aspect of geology from their hometown using a ...