Resource Guides: Collaboratory: HTC Vive Headset

HTC Vive Headset - VIVEPORT

HTC Vive Headset User Guide
This link directs to the User Guide for the headset, link box, base stations, controllers, play area requirements, and settings you'll need to immerse yourself into virtual reality.
HTC Vive Headseat - VIVEPORT

25 resources for bringing AR and VR to the classroom
Snelling, Jennifer. (2/6/2018). 25 resources for bringing AR and VR to the classroom. ISTE. Retrieved from https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=883
This article is exactly what it says in the title... 25 resources for bringing AR and VR to the classroom. We have links to 360cities.net and YouTube.com/360.
Examining creativity through a virtual reality support system
Yang, X., Lin, L., Cheng, PY. et al. Education Tech Research Dev (2018) 66: 1231. https://doi-org.ursus-proxy-7.ursus.maine.edu/10.1007/s11423-018-9604-z
"The focus of this study was to examine the impact of an immersive virtual reality support environment on individual’s creativity performance." This study found that virtual reality immersion led to more focus and greater creativity than with traditional pen and paper. 3D tools provide a rich, immersive, connected experience thereby increasing stimulus for creativity.