Students Share VR Research
Digital Media Studies students from the Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media presented their research using virtual reality to understand the medium’s ability to examine environmental communication and racialized geographic imaginaries at the 2017 Conference for Undergraduate Research at FIU event on March 29.
Communications research requires understanding language, visuals, and environments of human interaction, the students wrote in their abstract for the presentation. Virtual reality technology — more widely available than ever before –offers opportunities for immersing people in ways that allow for understanding the role of surroundings in verbal and nonverbal communication.
In their session, students involved in FIU’s Mobile Virtual Reality Lab discussed the methodological possibilities, challenges, and limitations in using virtual reality to expose the role of proximity, built and natural environments, and interactions with various nonverbal communication scenarios and topics. Session participants were also exposed to VR technology and participated in student-produced virtual experiences.
Students listed on the presentation include Cindy Castro, Leslie Ovalle, Johanna Falkenhagen, Derek Hernandez, Edwin Garcia, Annette de Armas, Anastasia Forte, Trisha Hanna, Cristina Meléndez, Lorena Reyes. Faculty involved in the project include Dr. Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., Dr. Nurhayat Bilge, Dr. Maria Ines Marino, Dr. Moses Shumow, and Dr. Lanier Holt (Ohio State University).
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