Immersive Media Timeline

Oct 27, 2024

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 from the first-person point of view.

Oct 27, 2024

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 tour captures all seven floors of the mill allowing students to explore areas that are not able to be seen…

Oct 27, 2024

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 in the real world and the construction behind them. Our first in-house real-time 3D VR development effort built in Unity…

Oct 27, 2024

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 for Feed Mill management, Graphic Design using smartphones, tablets, Magic Leap and Vuzix hardware.

Oct 27, 2024

VR Food Safety Training

Oct 27, 2024

Cultural Competency Module Receives Campus Technology Impact Award

The First Impressions virtual reality (VR) module receives a 2018 Campus Technology Impact Award in the Teaching and Learning category. Developed in partnership with the Global Training Initiative (GTI) through a DELTA Exploratory Grant, the First Impressions interactive VR experience allows students to dive into the minds of a global project team to learn about culture on both a cognitive and…

Oct 26, 2024

Immersive Exhibit and Presentation for SEVM

Professor Michael Kanters and Creative Director Mike Cuales present at the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) VenueConnect Annual Conference. The session “Virtual Reality Training: The Future of Employee Training in Venue Management” highlights the VR training module created to immerse PNC Arena employees into the environment that closely simulate their actual work situations.

Oct 26, 2024

Mike Cuales and Bethanne Tobey Present at Realities360 Conference

Mike Cuales and Bethanne Tobey facilitate a workshop on the Sport and Entertainment Venue Management 360 VR video-based training program. The session focused on how the program was created, what guided the development process, and how trainees are currently using it to learn and make decisions without fear of mistakes.

Oct 26, 2024

Prototype of Virtual Reality Organic Chemistry Lab Piloted

Through an exploratory grant project, DELTA worked with Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Organic Chemistry Labs Maria Gallardo-Williams to produce immersive, virtual reality organic chemistry lab experiences. The team used a first-person point-of-view approach using a GoPro Fusion 360° camera to further immerse the students in the experience. The lab experiences incorporate graphics, animations…

Oct 26, 2024

GTI Established NC State’s First VR-ready Classroom

GTI acquires 45 Oculus Go headsets to conduct the GlobalVR First Impressions module while hosting their international students. DELTA collaborated with GTI on the First Impressions VR module.