Future Prospects and Considerations for AR and VR in Higher Education Academic Technology
Owen McGrath, Chris Hoffman, and Shawna Dark, 'Future Prospects and Considerations for AR and VR in Higher Education Academic Technology,' EDUCAUSE Review, April 20, 2023.
31 Pages Posted: 24 May 2023
Date Written: April 20, 2023
Abstract
Imagining how the future might unfold, especially for emerging technologies like AR and VR, can help prepare for what does end up happening. Examining current features of the AR and VR landscape, we consider here some relevant technological trends and emerging issues for higher education academic computing services. Along the way, we share insights into how and why the future might play out in our particular setting at UC Berkeley while keeping a critical eye on institutional must-haves such as health and safety, security and privacy, and accessibility. To organize our analysis and musing about the coming years, we employ a framework borrowed loosely from futures studies. In particular, we find inspiration in futures scenario development as a way of organizing our thoughts about various AR and VR pathways that we could end up following in the next five to ten years.
Keywords: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Futures Studies, Academic Technology, Higher Education
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