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Immersive Media Timeline

2017
DELTA, GTI, College of Design Facilitate Booth at East Coast Game Conference

DELTA staff in partnership with the Global Training Initiative hosted a virtual reality exhibit in the VR Village showcasing a cultural competency training module facilitated by the DELTA Grants program.

DELTA Shoots 360° Video Footage of Grand Asia Market

DELTA team shoots 360° video footage at Grand Asia Market as part of DELTA Grant production for Suzie Goodell and Natalie Cooke.

DELTA Team Presents VR Workshop at SXSW EDU

Cathi Dunnagan, Mike Cuales and Bethanne Tobey facilitate a workshop at SXSWedu informing others on virtual reality (VR) applications in education through Design Your Own VR Experience for EDU.

2016
VR Session at 2016 Summer Shorts

Dr. Clint Stevenson and Bethanne Tobey present “Digital Storytelling” at NC State DELTA Summer Shorts.

Four DELTA Grants Awarded Allowing DELTA to Use VR

DELTA awards four DELTA Grants with specific virtual reality deliverables: Ivonne Chirino-Klevans for the development of virtual reality interactions to teach cultural competencies, Miriam Ferzli, Lisa Paciulli and Betty Black for the creation of virtual…
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Cathi Dunnagan Presents at New Media Consortium Summer Conference

Cathi Dunnagan presents “Using 360° Spherical Video as a Teaching Tool” at 2016 New Media Consortium Summer Conference.

NC State Has VR Booth at East Coast Game Conference

Collaborative NC State East Coast Game Conference booth demos VR in education applications. Partners include NCSU Libraries, College of Design and Department of Computer Science.

DELTA Presents at SXSWedu

Mike Cuales and Bethanne Tobey present “Using 360º Spherical Video as a Teaching Tool” at SXSWedu 2016.

DELTA VR Featured in New Media Consortium Horizon Report

The New Media Consortium (NMC) and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) jointly release the NMC Horizon Report: 2016 Higher Education Edition which highlights NC State Virtual Reality efforts (page 41). Excerpt from the report: “Using 360º Spherical Video as a…
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NC State’s Virtual Reality Interest Group Begins

NCSU Libraries and DELTA foster collaboration on campus via Virtual Reality Interest Group (VRIG).

2015
360º Video, Virtual Reality Presentation Highlights Edu Applications
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The intrigue and popularity of VR continues to gain momentum in mainstream media, but innovative institutions like NC State University are also actively engaged in exploring applications for virtual reality in education, training and experiential…
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DELTA Presents about VR at UNC Cause

Mike Cuales, Cathi Dunnagan and Bethanne Tobey present “Exploring 360º Spherical Video as a Teaching Tool: Insights and Lessons Learned.”

Mike Cuales Presents at Liberact 3 Workshops

Mike Cuales attends and presents at Liberact 3 Workshops at Hunt Library.

Three DELTA Grants Awarded with VR Possibilities

DELTA awards three DELTA Grants with virtual reality possibilities: Natalie Cooke and Suzie Goodell for a first-person point-of-view, immersive, scenario-based “Conflict Management” training series, Kofi Boone for displaying landscape architecture designs prior to implementing designs,…
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Course Redesign Grant Uses VR for Lab Observation

As part of DELTA Course Redesign Grant awarded to Maria Gallardo-Williams, DELTA uses 360° video to capture, observe and evaluate student activity and interactions as part of research effort to understand the impact of pre-lab…
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Pilot of eFire Launched

Laurie Gharis, Jennifer Evans and DELTA begin pilot of eFIRE, go.ncsu.edu/efire, an interactive microsite teaching visitors about prescribed burns featuring virtual reality field trips to prescribed fire sites.

2014
DELTA Takes 360° Video Footage for Prescribed Burn

DELTA team shoots 360° video footage of prescribed burn as part of DELTA Grant production for Laurie Gharis and Jennifer Evans.

Grand Asia Market Interactive Tour Released

Suzie Goodell, Natalie Cooke and DELTA release interactive tour of Grand Asia Market, go.distance.ncsu.edu/ntr210/gam/, featuring 360° video footage as part of student activities.

2013
Littlstar Partnership

DELTA works with Littlstar to establish an educational content channel.

2013-2014 DELTA Grants

DELTA awards two DELTA Grants for the creation of virtual field trips: Laurie Gharis and Jennifer Evans to create interactive science-based field tours of prescribed burn sites and Suzie Goodell and Natalie Cooke to create…
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