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Virtual Reality and the Great Outdoors

It’s time to rethink our outdoor environments through virtual reality (VR).

Summer Scholars has partnered with Clemson’s Virtual Reality and Nature (VRN) Lab to create a summer course designed to push the envelope of bringing the outdoors indoors. People may not feel comfortable, or able, to visit their favorite outdoor spaces, but with VR, a headset becomes a way to transport to both new and well-loved places.

In this course, students will:

  • Be a participant in a real VR study,
  • Tour the VRN lab and learn about upcoming research projects
  • Learn the history and future of VR
  • Try a variety of VR devices
  • Film content with a 360-degree camera and develop content into a VR experience.
  • Explore the connection to nature vs. virtual nature
  • Learn how to create a virtual tour