Using Technology for Good

Presenter: Kelvin Veale, Jeremy Harvey

Audience: Faculty, Staff, Administrators

In-Person: B2-30

Learning Goals

Participants will:

Utilize virtual reality technology to enhance the student experience and increase outcomes. Creating an immersive educational environment.
Use 21st-century technology to address and promote the awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Seminar Description

This seminar is a room-scale, interactive virtual reality experience that takes you to Fallujah, a city that was, until recently, under Islamic State (IS) control. The war against IS has ended but the city is still unsafe. There’s one looming fear for returning refugees – booby-trapped homes and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the neighborhoods. Ahmaied Hamad Khalaf and his family returned home after the fighting subsided.

Participants will be able to explore Ahmaied’s home by either walking physically or teleporting in the space as he tells you his story about returning to a home that might be booby-trapped. Witness life outside the four walls of his house through 360° videos embedded in the space.

WARNING: This experience contains disturbing content. Viewer discretion is advised. It may not be suitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy or post-traumatic stress disorder.