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Using VR Headsets

We will be exploring the use of VR Headsets in the coming year, starting with the recently released Oculus Quest. We have already been able to establish that it does not work when viewing our virtual field trips in immersive mode. This is a technical issue that we will address in the coming year. In the meantime, our tours work well with Google Cardboard.

Des McDougall

Des McDougall

I’m a Physical Geographer at the University of Worcester. I am interested in both the technology and pedagogy associated virtual fieldwork, but with a clear bias towards how it is used in teaching.

EFL Showcase 2020

21st October 2020 No Comments

https://youtu.be/M_r6lh-RZW8?t=14 In September I gave a presentation at the 10th Annual Showcase for the Enhancing Fieldwork Learning project, expertly hosted by the University of Chester. You can watch a recording

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New Video

2nd April 2020 No Comments

https://youtu.be/DDMP23vJ7sI This video provides a short overview of VR Glaciers and Glaciated Landscapes. It has captions, so if you don’t like the music or my voice (or both), there is

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Using VR Headsets

15th August 2019 No Comments

We will be exploring the use of VR Headsets in the coming year, starting with the recently released Oculus Quest. We have already been able to establish that it does

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This website allows you to explore glaciers and glaciated landscapes using virtual field trips. High quality, 360 degree interactive panoramas (panospheres) allow you to look all around and zoom in on features of interest – a bit like Google Streetview ©.

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS

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Last updated: March 2019