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Shaping the Future of Education

December, 10, 2024

UM broke new ground in immersive education, leading one of the largest VR education initiatives in the country, and earning a spotlight in the Meta for Education Beta Program.

Call for Presentations + Proposals

November 19, 2024

Are you pushing the boundaries of XR innovation? The Miami XR 2025 event (February 6+7, 2025) is seeking presentations + proposals. Deadline: 1/3/25

Meta for Education Beta Program

November 11, 2024

Meta's new educational offering for Meta Quest headsets convened select universities and colleges (including UM) to give feedback ahead of the product launch. 

Inaugural Meta Educators Summit

October 17-18, 2024

Recognized as a leader in the field, UM was well represented at the inaugural Meta Educators Community Summit.

UMverse Podcast Launched

October 8, 2024

The UMverse has launched a podcast! Hosted by Tom Merrick (Sr. Project Manager XR Initiatives), the podcast brings a fun approach to exploring cutting-edge XR at the U.

UMverse on The DUTAR Pod

June 19, 2024

The DUTAR Pod podcast hosts Tobias Andtfolk and Matias Dahlbäck chat with Tom Merrick about the XR Initiative at UM, where the UMverse started and where it's going.

Computing Day 2024

April 23, 2024

Computing Day convenes faculty and student scholars, corporate and government professionals to design the future and foster interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation.

eMerge Americas 2024

April 18-19, 2024

UHealth panel “High-Touch is High-Tech in 21st Century Patient Experience” and a Main Stage panel discussion “Climate Challenges, Health Tech Solutions: Miami on the Front Lines.”

Metaverse brings students from Miami and India together

April 1, 2024

University of Miami architecture student Ellie Koeppen moves across the room to show her fellow classmates the interior of the apartment building she has designed. 

Events

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  • Filmgate

    University of Miami partnered with FilmGate Interactive Media Festival (FGIX) to celebrate its 10th Anniversary with its most ambitious program to date, showcasing 35 projects from Florida and around the world, including Taiwan, France, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands that highlight and showcase how emerging technology can empower new ways of artistic and media expression, along with 10 University of Miami projects.

  • VRARA

    Hosted the XR and AI in Healthcare Summit in partnership with the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Association.  This conference brought together medical professionals who are currently using XR and AI technologies, medical professionals looking to learn about the technology, Academia, and Medical Technology companies that are developing solutions to address the needs of the healthcare industry.  It consisted of open panel discussions with Industry and University experts along with an Expo Center with close to 20 demo booths showcasing Immersive technology solutions.

  • IVHRA

    Participated in the 8th Annual Virtual Reality and Healthcare Global Symposium that showcased Healthcare Leaders who are on the cutting edge of what’s possible in the field of Immersive Technologies.

  • Frost Science Museum

    Tech Lab - Partnered with the Tech Lab team to educate Technology enthusiasts on how XR is being utilized across industries and gave a hands-on learning experience of VR and AR use cases built at the University of Miami.

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