We’re at the GA Conference in Manchester!

Alan Dixon and I have arrived at the Geographical Association Annual Conference in Manchester, where we have an exhibition stand and workshop for the VR Glaciers resource. If you’re around, please do stop by and say hello!

For lovers of cold environments, Bethan Davies (antarcticglaciers.org) and Richard Waller are also at the conference. 🙂

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

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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screenshot of VR Glaciers video

New Video

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

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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ABOUT

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 ©.

© VR Glaciers and Glaciated Landscapes by Derek McDougall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License.

Last updated: March 2019