Virtually Limitless: How Can AR/VR Make Your Profession More Productive?
Gone are the days when artificial and virtual reality technologies were reserved for gamers. Industry leaders are now using these state-of-the-art technologies to win big in a variety of professional arenas: employee education and training, sales and marketing experiences, industrial design, product prototyping, and more.
Join faculty and technologists from several of UNC-Chapel Hill’s professional schools—medicine, nursing, public health, business, and journalism and media, and business—for flash presentations and demos of eye-popping professional applications of AR/VR tech. From an immersive VR learning technology that trains medical personnel on how to act in emergency situations to VR simulations for interprofessional education, you’ll get a glimpse at what’s possible and learn practical ways to get started with extended reality tools in your organization.
Featured Presenters and Facilitators:
- Jamie Barras, Vice President of Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (FCAT)
- Steven King, Associate Professor and Chief Innovation Officer, UNC Blue Sky Innovations
- Elizabeth Stone, Clinical Associate Professor, UNC School of Nursing
- Christi Fenison, Immersive Technology Lead / XR Instructional Media Producer Casue + Christi, UNC School of Medicine