Faculty Projects

Faculty Projects

UMverse is deeply committed to advancing the frontiers of knowledge and innovation through substantial investment in faculty research. This initiative is designed to provide our esteemed faculty members with the essential resources and support needed to explore groundbreaking ideas, conduct cutting-edge research, and contribute to their fields at the highest levels. Below are some highlights . . .

 

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First Year Directions

This VR experience showcases a digital twin of the campus (with activities inspired by actual UM classes, athletics, and extracurriculars, such as glass-blowing, rowing, sailing, and the arts), 360-degree videos from UM events, Miami-Dade Co. virtual tours, and other UM-created VR apps.

The Golden Age of the Jews of Al-Andalus mixed reality experience

Golden Age of Jews

The Golden Age of the Jews of Al-Andalus (711-1492 AD) is an MR project centered around a curated physical exhibit with a medieval synagogue overlay. Users explore the life of Jews in the Iberian Peninsula, interact with others, and speak with an AI avatar of the philosopher Maimonides.

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Virtual Training

BPEIverse Training

A VR simulation of a hospital tailored for Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the BPEIverse was designed for medical professors and students to engage in interactive classes and learn how to operate costly equipment within a virtual environment.
Temikki Garden

Temikki Garden

A mobile AR application to promote the emotional well-being of children during long hospital stays. Children can build, modify, and play in a living virtual garden while reminded of their accomplishments.
MR Atomic Chemical Structures

Atomic Chemistry

MR Atomic Chemical Structures helps students who struggle with atomic structures in Chemistry. Students can select atoms from any element in the periodic table, examine their internal structures, and scale, rotate, and compare atoms and their orbitals side by side.

Mangrove City

Mangrove City is an immersive VR application, complemented by a robust STEM classroom curriculum, that transports middle school students into the heart of mangrove forests. Winner of AWE XR Challenge 2023 Educate Category.

(305) 360°

(305) 360° is a cutting-edge VR application designed to familiarize and immerse new doctors and researchers with the service area of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in Miami.

Stained Glass Mixed Reality Opera

Stained Glass Opera

A collaboration between the Knight Center for Music Innovation and The VESL to supplement an opera performance. The performance contained dynamic augmented props and effects for audience members wearing headsets.

Smart Assistants

An AR "smart assistant" powered by machine learning for training purposes. Users receive step-by-step guidance, like positioning geometric shapes in specific patterns.

Collection Connections

An AR application to enrich museum experiences by overlaying additional information on actual art pieces and offering links to similar artworks from global collections.
VR Rowing Injury Prevention Overlay

Rowing Injury

This Virtual Reality Rowing Injury Prevention Overlay application designed to assess uneven force distribution during real-world rowing machine exercises to avoid injuries.
Stress Generator, rickety wooden bridge

VR Stress Tester

VR Stress Tester participants are immersed in challenging virtual scenarios. During this process, researchers can alter elements of the scenario and simultaneously track the participants' biometric data, such as heart rate in real-time.

Anatomy Instruction

Effectiveness of Instructing Anatomy Topics via Virtual Reality is a pilot study that evaluates the effectiveness of virtual reality versus traditional in-person instruction in teaching anatomy using VR for immersive lectures.

M M M Immersion

The Marine Music, Memory, and Immersion VR experience pairs musical elements with marine specimens' infographics to explores the impact on middle school students' immersion, recall, and comprehension.

Dean's Blue Hole, located in a bay west of Clarence Town on Long Island, Bahamas

Dean’s Blue Hole

The Dean’s Blue Hole (Bahamas) Project offers an immersive VR experience for exploring blue holes and underwater sinkholes that reveal Earth's history, climate changes, and diverse ecosystems.

Autism AR Analysis

This Evaluating Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Intervention Using AR for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) project enhances the delivery of ABA therapy with a focus on automating tasks and improving therapist efficiency.
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