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Immersive Media Timeline

2023
Digitizing Textiles: Smooth as Silk?
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DELTA and the Wilson College of Textiles collaborate on a virtual reality (VR) solution to fabric exploration using cutting-edge technology.

DELTA VR Tours Complement College of Design’s 75th Anniversary Celebration
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DELTA and the College of Design teamed up to create virtual tours of the entire building to showcase the current facilities and projects students were working on. These tours are being used to engage with…
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2020
An Extraordinary Look at NC State’s Extraordinary Places: AR Transforms Red and White Night
AR Red and White night display.

Whether it be the feeling of a roaring crowd at Reynolds Coliseum or the familiar sound of the Memorial Belltower’s chimes, NC State’s hallowed places live on in the hearts of our students and alumni…
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Inside an IEP: Immersive Meetings to Prepare Future Teachers
Shots from an IEP meeting in virtual reality.

Assistant Professor Jamie Pearson and a team at DELTA are leveraging virtual reality and PlayPosit to create virtual meetings that will better prepare future teachers to support students with disabilities and positively impact the educational…
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Batting 1000: Feed Milling Awarded Third DELTA Grant
Feed milling team photo.

Since 2018, Fahrenholz and Herchler have applied to the DELTA Grants program three times. Every time, their application was accepted. In 2020, a year filled with challenges, the new grant was some of the best…
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DELTA Explores On-Location Photoscanning
Soil exposure at Umstead Park

As part of our new DELTA Explores series, we’re sharing how we research, test and explore the latest in immersive technology and its role in teaching and learning — how we Think before we Do. Immersive Media…
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DELTA Explores Working with Spatial Audio for Distance Education
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Immersive Media Support Specialist Justin Kuhn shares how virtual reality with spatial audio creates real-life virtual experiences. "This exploratory project was also a pilot for future immersive videos because much of the technology that we exercised had…
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Tackling Global Health with Virtual Reality
AR navigation cues.

A DELTA Grant project developed in collaboration with Assistant Professor Andy Stringer and the College of Veterinary Medicine will allow veterinary students to explore global health challenges, diverse farming practices and cultural contexts in virtual…
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NC State Organic Chemistry Virtual Reality Labs Shared Globally
Chemistry Teaching Assistant films VR lab.

When Maria Gallardo-Williams teamed up with NC State DELTA to create a set of organic chemistry virtual reality (VR) labs, she knew from the beginning the potential the project had to make a real impact…
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DELTA Explores VR in the Classroom
DELTA Staff wear VR Goggles.

Immersive Media Support Specialist Justin Kuhn shares our thoughts and what we've learned about creating real-time virtual reality (VR) experiences so far. Read the full article.

How We Think Before We Do: DELTA Explores Sound Design for Immersive Ed
How We Think Before We Do: DELTA Explores Sound Design for Immersive Ed

Here at NC State, our motto is to Think and Do. And trust us — we do a lot of thinking and a lot of doing. But what does that thinking part look like before…
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2019
Augmented Reality Brings New Life to Graphic Design Theory Textbook
Screenshot from the GD 303 augmented reality application to enhance the standard textbook.

Created through a DELTA Grant with College of Design Associate Professor Deb Littlejohn, the augmented reality app for GD 303 enhances the standard theory textbook with interactive activities such as quizzes and guided tours. View…
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Augmented Reality App Created for Feed Milling
An immersive feed mill experience is displayed on an iPad

Through a DELTA Grant in collaboration with faculty members Marissa Herchler and Adam Fahrenhoz, a team at DELTA uses interactive augmented reality (AR) to enhance the way traditional and distance education students learn about feed…
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DELTA Staff Facilitate Poster Session at ELI 2019

Mike Cuales, Cathi Dunnagan and Teaching Associate Professor Maria Gallardo-Williams facilitate a poster session at the 2019 ELI Annual Meeting about their work on the virtual reality organic chemistry labs. Conference attendees experienced the labs…
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2018
DELTA Hosts Immersive Playground

DELTA hosts an Immersive Playground in partnership with the NCSU Libraries where attendees receive hands-on experience and further understanding of current and future immersive technologies such as Magic Leap, Hololens, Oculus Go and Lenovo Mirage Solo.

Launched Feed Mill Virtual Tour Using Matterport

As part of a blended learning grant project for Feed Manufacturing Technology, DELTA teams up with Marissa Herchler and Adam Fahrenholz to create a Matterport virtual tour of the NC State Feed Mill Education Unit. The…
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Immersive VR Environment for LAR 457

The DELTA team in partnership with the College of Design's Department of Landscape Architecture used virtual reality to bring site drawings to life and to show how work in the studio translates to finished structures…
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2018-2019 DELTA Grants Awarded for the Exploration of Immersive Media

DELTA awards four grants for incorporating immersive media into the classroom: Marissa Herchler for “Augmented Reality for Process Flow and Formulation”, Deborah Littlejohn for “If This is Theory, Why Isn’t it Boring? Connecting a Traditional…
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Augmented Reality Exploration

DELTA begins exploring a range of Augmented Reality (AR) platforms, including Vuforia and Zappar, in support of several grants interested in immersive technologies for face to face and online education. The team is investigating solutions…
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