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These 4-H students are seeing campus in 360 degrees

Getting a preview of college life is a crucial step in helping K-12 students see…

Karen Carmody-McIntoshJuly 22, 2025

A Twin City high schooler enters the virtual world of science with the help of Charlie Heinz, the VR program lead, during the week-long Go4Brains program, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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The VR Studio is helping underrepresented students learn about neuroscience

Thirteen local high school students learned about the human brain up close in the Virtual…

Adria CarpenterAugust 30, 2024

Individual standing talking to two sitting people, one showing signs of distress.

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New Additions to the Virtual Reality Studio

This summer, the Virtual Reality Studio and Health Sciences Library have added two new experiences…

Emerson IronstoneJuly 12, 2024

Alatheia Proue uses the Embodied Labs app in the Virtual Reality Studio to learn about dementia and Alzheimer's disease, on Friday, January 5, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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Learning how to treat Alzheimer’s disease with Virtual Reality

A new first-person program in the Virtual Reality Studio is helping medical students understand Alzheimer’s…

Adria CarpenterApril 2, 2024

A student in the Virtual Reality Studio reaches one arm out in the direction of the camera. They are wearing a black headset and holding a controller in either hand. In the background, two more students look at a simulated grocery store on a projector screen. One student is wearing a headset.

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Occupational therapy students explore the future of assistive technology at the Makerspace and Virtual Reality Studio

Students exploring different virtual reality experiences in the VR Studio on Feb. 12, 2024. (Photo/Jade…

Emerson IronstoneFebruary 26, 2024

Charlie Heinz and Claire Thomas

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Practicing for an emergency

“Do no harm” is a major tenet of the physicians’ creed, in the Hippocratic Oath…

markengeOctober 5, 2022

Multimedia Specialist Charlie Heinz demonstrates the Libraries virtual reality software to College of Design students.

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UMN student wins national award with Libraries’ help

University of Minnesota design student wins national award with help from the Libraries. The prize?…

markengeJune 8, 2022

Teresa Bisson demonstrating virtual reality

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Virtual reality helps physical therapy students see new answers

Teresa Bisson works with the Bio-Medical Library to bring Virtual Reality to her neurorehabilitation classroom…

Erinn AspinallSeptember 19, 2019

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