what if I could take you to the pyramids Mount Everest and Pluto all in one hour
Mount Everest and Pluto all in one hour
Mount Everest and Pluto all in one hour now I don’t know about you but if that
now I don’t know about you but if that
now I don’t know about you but if that was my next field trip
was my next field trip
was my next field trip I’d be pretty excited now you might
I’d be pretty excited now you might
I’d be pretty excited now you might think I’m crazy for saying something
think I’m crazy for saying something
think I’m crazy for saying something like this as possible but there’s a
like this as possible but there’s a
like this as possible but there’s a recent advancement in technology that’s
recent advancement in technology that’s
recent advancement in technology that’s making amazing feats like this possible
making amazing feats like this possible
making amazing feats like this possible it’s called virtual reality and it could
it’s called virtual reality and it could
it’s called virtual reality and it could completely revolutionize the way that we
completely revolutionize the way that we
completely revolutionize the way that we teach now I’ll give you a little bit of
teach now I’ll give you a little bit of
teach now I’ll give you a little bit of background on myself I first learned
background on myself I first learned
background on myself I first learned about VR when I saw the inside of the
about VR when I saw the inside of the
about VR when I saw the inside of the 2012 I immediately fell in love to
2012 I immediately fell in love to
2012 I immediately fell in love to technology I thought was the coolest
technology I thought was the coolest
technology I thought was the coolest thing and I wanted to make my own apps
thing and I wanted to make my own apps
thing and I wanted to make my own apps for my own experiences so I went to my
for my own experiences so I went to my
for my own experiences so I went to my little program in corner I learned
little program in corner I learned
little program in corner I learned everything that I could about this
everything that I could about this
everything that I could about this headset and then I made project after
headset and then I made project after
headset and then I made project after project and many things I learned in the
project and many things I learned in the
project and many things I learned in the end I had some pretty cool projects
end I had some pretty cool projects
end I had some pretty cool projects about a child but it was hardly a native
about a child but it was hardly a native
about a child but it was hardly a native heart
heart
heart there were not only beginner friendly
there were not only beginner friendly
there were not only beginner friendly tutorials at the time it was entirely
tutorials at the time it was entirely
tutorials at the time it was entirely self-taught so I can’t imagine my
self-taught so I can’t imagine my
self-taught so I can’t imagine my students being sort of thing and even
students being sort of thing and even
students being sort of thing and even then I only got my first text if we are
then I only got my first text if we are
then I only got my first text if we are two years ago because the technology
two years ago because the technology
two years ago because the technology just wasn’t widely available so in this
just wasn’t widely available so in this
just wasn’t widely available so in this current state VR FIRST Robotics it needs
current state VR FIRST Robotics it needs
current state VR FIRST Robotics it needs to be more accessible and it needs to be
to be more accessible and it needs to be
to be more accessible and it needs to be better understood now how do we solve
better understood now how do we solve
better understood now how do we solve these problems well this is where the
these problems well this is where the
these problems well this is where the first part of my work comes in my goal
first part of my work comes in my goal
first part of my work comes in my goal was to make virtual reality more
was to make virtual reality more
was to make virtual reality more accessible to students at my school and
accessible to students at my school and
accessible to students at my school and to teach them how to program for these
to teach them how to program for these
to teach them how to program for these headsets because ultimately they’re
headsets because ultimately they’re
headsets because ultimately they’re going to be the ones most impacted by
going to be the ones most impacted by
going to be the ones most impacted by these new technologies and if we expect
these new technologies and if we expect
these new technologies and if we expect this to make a new curriculum we also
this to make a new curriculum we also
this to make a new curriculum we also need
need
need program for these and we also need
program for these and we also need
program for these and we also need teachers have program for this because
teachers have program for this because
teachers have program for this because they’re going to need to take to the
they’re going to need to take to the
they’re going to need to take to the students tomorrow
students tomorrow
students tomorrow not an easy task so to bring us a step
not an easy task so to bring us a step
not an easy task so to bring us a step closer I’ve set up a virtual reality
closer I’ve set up a virtual reality
closer I’ve set up a virtual reality programming course at my school where
programming course at my school where
programming course at my school where students can experience virtual reality
students can experience virtual reality
students can experience virtual reality for the first time if they’re anything
for the first time if they’re anything
for the first time if they’re anything like me and they’re super enthusiastic
like me and they’re super enthusiastic
like me and they’re super enthusiastic about this technology
about this technology
about this technology I’ll also be teaching them how to make
I’ll also be teaching them how to make
I’ll also be teaching them how to make their own apps for these headsets I
their own apps for these headsets I
their own apps for these headsets I believe this is the first major step in
believe this is the first major step in
believe this is the first major step in to bringing VR into the mainstream and
to bringing VR into the mainstream and
to bringing VR into the mainstream and one of the reasons that I want to bring
one of the reasons that I want to bring
one of the reasons that I want to bring VR into the mainstream is that I see
VR into the mainstream is that I see
VR into the mainstream is that I see massive potential to revolutionize
massive potential to revolutionize
massive potential to revolutionize education so the good thing about the VR
education so the good thing about the VR
education so the good thing about the VR ecosystem is in addition to the headset
ecosystem is in addition to the headset
ecosystem is in addition to the headset we have strapped to your face at all
we have strapped to your face at all
we have strapped to your face at all times
times
times you also have pain control in body
you also have pain control in body
you also have pain control in body tremors the late interactive virtual
tremors the late interactive virtual
tremors the late interactive virtual space so for example I could say fire up
space so for example I could say fire up
space so for example I could say fire up a simulation of Mount Everest
a simulation of Mount Everest
a simulation of Mount Everest I could walk around its summit I could
I could walk around its summit I could
I could walk around its summit I could pick up a rock or a piece of snow or
pick up a rock or a piece of snow or
pick up a rock or a piece of snow or something have a look at it I could
something have a look at it I could
something have a look at it I could throw it away I could walk somewhere
throw it away I could walk somewhere
throw it away I could walk somewhere else and if I wanted to be in time spit
else and if I wanted to be in time spit
else and if I wanted to be in time spit Times Square boom I’m right there it’s
Times Square boom I’m right there it’s
Times Square boom I’m right there it’s that easy and this interactive approach
that easy and this interactive approach
that easy and this interactive approach can mean a lot of good for education
can mean a lot of good for education
can mean a lot of good for education where we could actually solve the
where we could actually solve the
where we could actually solve the problem of needing to engage students in
problem of needing to engage students in
problem of needing to engage students in their lessons because I’m just there
their lessons because I’m just there
their lessons because I’m just there just speaking from experience it’s
just speaking from experience it’s
just speaking from experience it’s pretty cool to walk around a scale model
pretty cool to walk around a scale model
pretty cool to walk around a scale model of the solar system imagine doing that
of the solar system imagine doing that
of the solar system imagine doing that for your next visit five that’d be
for your next visit five that’d be
for your next visit five that’d be pretty awesome
pretty awesome
pretty awesome however we have introduced with one
however we have introduced with one
however we have introduced with one other problem we need these apps we need
other problem we need these apps we need
other problem we need these apps we need these resources if we’re going to
these resources if we’re going to
these resources if we’re going to revolutionize education how are we going
revolutionize education how are we going
revolutionize education how are we going to teach the students if they have
to teach the students if they have
to teach the students if they have nothing to learn from now this might not
nothing to learn from now this might not
nothing to learn from now this might not seem like a big problem you probably
seem like a big problem you probably
seem like a big problem you probably think up some big company in Silicon
think up some big company in Silicon
think up some big company in Silicon Valley we’ll probably do all this for us
Valley we’ll probably do all this for us
Valley we’ll probably do all this for us but there’s more reason to be concerned
but there’s more reason to be concerned
but there’s more reason to be concerned because
because
because juice provides a bit of content even the
juice provides a bit of content even the
juice provides a bit of content even the Internet these massive part of our lives
Internet these massive part of our lives
Internet these massive part of our lives nowadays almost never got off the ground
nowadays almost never got off the ground
nowadays almost never got off the ground because there were no resources there
because there were no resources there
because there were no resources there was nothing on it people just didn’t
was nothing on it people just didn’t
was nothing on it people just didn’t care that may seem crazy that could be
care that may seem crazy that could be
care that may seem crazy that could be the fate of VR if we don’t
the fate of VR if we don’t
the fate of VR if we don’t something soon so how do I solve this
something soon so how do I solve this
something soon so how do I solve this problem this black with the content well
problem this black with the content well
problem this black with the content well I was actually last year I was actually
I was actually last year I was actually
I was actually last year I was actually making one of my projects and I was
making one of my projects and I was
making one of my projects and I was considering two problems like how how we
considering two problems like how how we
considering two problems like how how we fill this void of content and then it
fill this void of content and then it
fill this void of content and then it came to me I should create a space in my
came to me I should create a space in my
came to me I should create a space in my school where students can make their own
school where students can make their own
school where students can make their own project like I was doing just then and
project like I was doing just then and
project like I was doing just then and then they can learn from those
then they can learn from those
then they can learn from those experiences and that’s what really
experiences and that’s what really
experiences and that’s what really changes from a VR course to a VR Club
changes from a VR course to a VR Club
changes from a VR course to a VR Club when a student has learnt the basics of
when a student has learnt the basics of
when a student has learnt the basics of how the headset work I can assist them
how the headset work I can assist them
how the headset work I can assist them in making their own project and then
in making their own project and then
in making their own project and then they can go on to make the software
they can go on to make the software
they can go on to make the software tomorrow this is a big step forward for
tomorrow this is a big step forward for
tomorrow this is a big step forward for bi development I’m taking students of
bi development I’m taking students of
bi development I’m taking students of today
today
today so that they can become the developers
so that they can become the developers
so that they can become the developers and teachers of tomorrow remember a new
and teachers of tomorrow remember a new
and teachers of tomorrow remember a new technology is unavailable to us if we
technology is unavailable to us if we
technology is unavailable to us if we fully embrace it virtual reality needs
fully embrace it virtual reality needs
fully embrace it virtual reality needs content and it needs to be accessible
content and it needs to be accessible
content and it needs to be accessible and understood if we’re going to help
and understood if we’re going to help
and understood if we’re going to help the students of tomorrow
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