VR Research

Created by students in the Rossell Hope Robbins Library and Mary Ann Mavrinac Studio X at the University of Rochester. A virtual alchemy lab where VR users take on the role of a 17th century alchemist and read texts from the period to mix their experiments.

Created by Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb and the x-Real Lab team at California State University San Bernardino, and supported by the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab at Princeton University. A VR project “documenting life in Gaza through 360-degree videos and a 3D replica of the city, showcasing its culture, history, and resilience. The project preserves heritage and serves as a documentary of the area, much of which has been destroyed.”

Created by Dr. Janine Barchas and the Liberal Arts Development Studio students and staff at the University of Texas at Austin. A project composed of two digitally recreated art galleries, the 1796 Shakespeare Gallery and the 1813 British Institution, that author Jane Austen visited and may have used as inspiration for her novels. Website users can navigate the two spaces and click on each work of art to learn about its historical and literary relevance to Austen’s time.

Created by Dr. John N. Wall and a production team with members from North Carolina State University and the United Kingdom. A digital recreation of the moment when poet and preacher John Donne gave a sermon in Paul’s Churchyard on Gunpowder Day, November 5, 1622. The virtual experience is primarily housed as an installation in the Teaching and Visualization Lab of the James B Hunt Library at NC State University, but elements of the project, like acoustics, visual models, and historical information, can be viewed on the project website.

Created by Dr. Victoria Gallagher, Dr. Keon Pettiway, Dr. Derek Ham, and the production team of the vMLK Project at North Carolina State University. A digital recreation of the moment when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a speech titled “A Creative Protest”, commonly known as the “Fill Up the Jails” speech, in February 1960. The virtual experience is offered through different entry points on the website, including collective listening, historical information, VR, and simulation.

Created by the team at the Tesseract Center for Immersive Environments and Game Design at the University of Arkansas. A portfolio of VR and related immersive projects, including Virtual Pompeii, A House of the Ozarks, and Mornin’ in Your Eyes.