About Us
Welcome to the Extended REALity for Learning (xREAL) Lab!
We transform teaching with extended reality by being an innovation hub, a recognized student-industry pipeline, and a regional source of pedagogical and technical expertise.
The Lab’s mission is to provide an interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial framework for faculty, students, and staff to collaborate on:
- producing impactful educational XR experiences;
- researching and assessing new ways to use educational XR for student success; and,
- creating connections between the campus and various communities for the production of new XR learning experiences for public good.
Our permanent team:
- Dr. Mihaela Popescu, Professor of Media Studies, Faculty Director and co-founder
- James Trotter, Assistant Director for Academic Technologies & Innovation
- Kurt Collins, Professor of Design, Research & Development Fellow and co-founder
- Duncan Smith, instructional technologist, Lead VR Programmer
- Yutong Liu, instructional technologist, Learning Experiences Designer
