News Byย eCom Scotland
Tanya MacDonald, of the virtual reality development team at the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, has taken part in the recent Virtual Reality/ Augmented Reality (VR/AR) Global Summit Online.
Organised by the VR/AR Association and billed as โthe largest and fastest growing immersive tech event in the worldโ, the Summit โ held virtually, from 2ndย to 4thย June this year due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions โ provided the 10,000 or so delegates with some 180 speakers, along with access to a Virtual Expo with Virtual Booths. Drawing delegates from sectors includingย automotive, defence, energy, entertainment, education, healthcare, learning and development, and manufacturing, the Summit discussed such topics asย the capabilities of 5G; ethics in VR/AR; designing for diversity in VR/AR; VR/AR in the age of pandemics, and women in technology.
Tanya, whose team has developed eNetReality,ย aย VR authoring toolย specifically designed for use in learning and assessment, said, โThe Summit provided a great opportunity to discover the latest thinking on VR and AR, as well as to experience some of the latest applications of this rapidly developing technology, in the context of some splendid networking opportunities.
โeComโs VR authoring tool, which has been successfully testedย in the fields of education and construction, is intended as a cloud-delivered tool that โnon-technicalโ people can use to create VR learning and assessment experiences,โ Tanya explained. โSo, itโs built for learning and development specialists who want to apply VR to their learning and assessment materials but donโt have a major budget to commission VR specialists to work on the project.
โBeing Cloud-based, thereโs no need to downloadย eNetReality,โ Tanya added. โItย can work with any SCORM-compliant learning management system โ including, eComโs LMS, eNetLearn. Moreover, itsย xAPIย capability allows it toย produce highly granular reports.โย ย
