{"618750":{"#nid":"618750","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Interaction Hour: How Virtual Reality Could Transform Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOver the years, virtual reality has become a mythical new medium with promises of immersive gaming and enriched experiences. Novels and movies like \u003Cem\u003EReady Player One\u003C\/em\u003E have teased the potential \u0026ndash; and raised the expectations. In many ways, though, the technology is a largely untapped resource for reasons varying from the usability of the equipment to the premium cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this episode, however, we\u0026rsquo;ll hear from former Georgia Tech student \u003Cstrong\u003EAditya Vishwanath\u003C\/strong\u003E and current \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E assistant professor \u003Cstrong\u003ENeha Kumar\u003C\/strong\u003E who are examining the potential for virtual reality in education and instruction. What are the affordances of the technology inside of a classroom, and how can issues of cost and access be overcome to ensure it is a truly democratized medium?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"33939","created_gmt":"2019-03-04 17:21:06","changed_gmt":"2019-03-04 17:21:06","author":"David Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Employer Event","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/podcasts\/ep-7-how-virtual-reality-could-transform-education","dateline":{"date":"2019-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"618749":{"id":"618749","type":"image","title":"The Interaction Hour Neha and Aditya","body":null,"created":"1551720026","gmt_created":"2019-03-04 17:20:26","changed":"1551720026","gmt_changed":"2019-03-04 17:20:26","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235537","name":"Interaction Hour ROTATOR.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Interaction%20Hour%20ROTATOR.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Interaction%20Hour%20ROTATOR.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":176465,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Interaction%20Hour%20ROTATOR.jpg?itok=KtjKIIwT"}}},"media_ids":["618749"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"576481","name":"ML@GT"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}