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University of Nebraska Medical Center

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2020 Innovations in Pedagogy and Technology VIRTUAL symposium

Two teams from NeVRNER will present at the 2020 Innovations in Pedagogy and Technology VIRTUAL symposium on May 12. Topics are: Introduction of the Nebraska Virtual Reality Network for Education and Research – Led by Joseph Siu Emerging Technologies for Education (VR/AR/330Tours/Apps) – Led by Tess McKinney More information will be announced at the Symposium […]

Apr 10, 2020

Project of the Month – March 2020

Title: Augmented Photography by Firework Media Studio Project Description: Taking a still photograph and using software to embed either a video or animation as a hidden Easter Egg within that photo. You can see the egg by using the Augmented Reality App, BlippAR. You can do this with any still photograph or place.   Future Ways of use […]

Apr 10, 2020

Happy Holidays from NeVRNER

Wish you all a merry Christmas and happy new year 2020!!

Dec 19, 2019

NeVRNER in Digital Pulse, iEXCEL’s Newsletter

The Fall 2019 Digital Pulse, iEXCEL’s Newsletter featured our NeVRNER and the Keynote presentation given by Michael Hollins, director of community & business engagement for iEXCEL, and Chris Allmon, AR/VR modeling and simulation program manager for iEXCEL.

Nov 21, 2019

Save the date – Aug 16, 2019

The third NeVRNER annual meeting will be on Aug 16, 2019 at UNMC Michael Sorrell Center (MSC) Room 2010. Please save the date. More details to come!

Jul 10, 2019

First NeVRNER Field Trip to UNL

A group of NeVRNER members visited the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior (NCB3) and the department of psychology at UNL on April 26, 2019. Thanks for Josh Zosky to show us the virtual reality research facility and project. The field trip was informative and generated lots of great collaborative idea.

Apr 29, 2019

Project of the Month – March 2019

Educational Impact of the Stanford Virtual Heart on Non-Medical Citizens Walker Thomas and his team will be exploring the educational impact of the Stanford Virtual Heart (SVH) on non-medical citizens, anticipating VR can be used to aid in patient education. They would like to quantify the educational value of VR, specifically as it applies to […]

Mar 7, 2019

Project of the Month – Feb 2019

University Hall VR Experience Scheduled for completion in February 2020, this virtual reality experience will re-create the University of Nebraska’s first building, University Hall. Originally constructed from 1869-1871, the production team will create the virtual campus using primary and secondary sources from the 1870s. This project used Unity platform, 360 video technology. People involved in this […]

Feb 8, 2019

Happy 2019 to NeVRNER

Happy New Year! First of 2019. I am very excited to share with you that new core structure has officially formed. We will begin the “Project of the Month” series. We has been attracting more faculty from UNMC and UNO to join NeVRNER. Currently, we have 25 active members. In 2019, we will continue to […]

Jan 8, 2019

Welcome latest NeVRNER Members

Please join me to welcome the two latest members, Breanna Hetland from Nursing, and Walker Thomas from Anesthesiology to NeVRNER. The total number of NeVRNER members now reaches 23.  

Mar 9, 2018