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Immersive Learning: The Future of Education with Virtual Reality in K–12 Schools

Kitaboo

Among many such methods, one important method showing immense potential is virtual reality technology. Virtual reality technology makes use of headset devices to impart immersive educational experiences through a 360-degree lens. For this very reason, the virtual reality market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 30.7%

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Apple announces Fitness Plus virtual workouts

The Verge

Apple is launching a new subscription service for virtual fitness classes called Fitness Plus, the company announced during its presentation today. Now, Apple can help give you more information on how to exercise in addition to encouraging you to close your activity rings. Image: Apple. Access to the service will cost $9.99

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Lessons in virtual reality: What these computer science students built (and learned) in 10 weeks

GeekWire

Kenneth Ma, left, a member of the University of Washington team behind the PrezVR virtual reality presentation app, gives a demo to Lawrence Tan, right, a fellow computer science student attending the recent AR/VR Capstone Demo Day on the UW campus. Here’s a rundown, with overview videos created by each team.

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Seattle Mariners try to keep fans in the game with streaming practices, virtual cheering and more

GeekWire

If you’re going to root, root, root for Mariners in Seattle these days, you’re going to have to do it virtually as baseball has taken on a whole new look in the age of coronavirus. COMING UP: GeekWire virtual event: The Future of Sports. Even though you can’t be with us at @TMobilePark , we will still need your energy!

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Low-Tech Collaboration Emerges as The Key to Protecting Complex Enterprise Infrastructure Environments

CIO Business Intelligence

These were among the conclusions of a CIO.com virtual roundtable that featured over a dozen enterprise technology executives from the financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, and logistics sectors. This objective can be accomplished by inviting broader segments of the corporate community to security tabletop exercises.

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A Silicon Valley school is using virtual escape rooms to evaluate prospective students

The Verge

One San Jose private school has come up with a unique solution: The Harker School, self-described as “one of the nation’s top college prep schools,” is putting teams of sixth grade applicants through a virtual escape room. That’s why they’re doing the virtual escape room: the chance to observe students to see how they react to a situation.”.

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Amazon's Eero 6 Is the Cure for Your Stuck-At-Home Internet Problems

Gizmodo

You might be looking at mesh routers as a solution to help blanket your house with wifi and ensure that every Zoom meeting, online class, and virtual exercise session goes off without a… Read more. We’re all trapped at home sharing broadband for the foreseeable future with no end in sight, and our internet setups need some help.