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VR: Available Virtual Reality Apps & Videos @ University Library

Suggested VR Rift Apps for Subjects

African American Studies
  • Accused #2 Walter Sisulu: become immersed in the trial which convicted Nelson Mandela during the Apartheid regime in South Africa

American Studies

  • Gerrymander Madness: demonstrates how gerrymandering undermines democracy
  • MasterWorks Journey through History: Follow a guided tour through world wonders, including Mount Rushmore
  • Mayflower Reflections: explores the impactful story of the Mayflower Voyage of 1620 and the similarities it shares with contemporary society.
  • War Remains: Presented by Hardcore History ® legendary podcaster Dan Carlin, War Remains is an immersive VR experience that transports viewers into the nightmarish hellscape of the Western Front of the First World War
Art
  • Dreams of Dali: Enjoy the remarkable marriage of art and technology as you explore Salvador Dali's 1935 painting “Archaeological Reminiscence of Millet's ‘Angelus’"
  • The Night Cafe A VR Tribute to Van Gogh: an immersive virtual reality environment that allows you to explore the world of Vincent van Gogh first hand
Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Brain Vis: an educational demo / proof of concept of visualizing and interacting with real neuroimaging data
  • Dementia Yn Fy Nwylo I / First Hand: This experience takes you on a journey through four different scenarios that will broaden your understanding of living with dementia
  • Is Anna OK?: step into the shoes of 20-year-old twins Anna and Lauren to discover how an accident changes their lives with their brain injury
Biology
  • Brain Vis: an educational demo / proof of concept of visualizing and interacting with real neuroimaging data
  • Google Earth VR: The world has so many beautiful and amazing places to visit
  • The Body VR: an educational virtual reality experience that takes the user inside the human body
  • The Real Heart: Explore a virtual anatomical heart in the ‘Real Heart’
Biochemistry
  • Abelana's Atom Maker: Gain an intuitive understanding of the composition of atoms by assembling them in a three-dimensional virtual reality setting
  • Brain Vis: an educational demo / proof of concept of visualizing and interacting with real neuroimaging data
  • The Big Table: In their quest to restore power to their shape, users will also learn all about the periodic table, sub atomic particles, and elemental properties
  • The Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience: a virtual underwater ecosystem to allow you to observe firsthand what coral reefs are expected to look like by the end of the century if we do not curb our CO2 emissions.
Chemistry
  • Abelana's Atom Maker: Gain an intuitive understanding of the composition of atoms by assembling them in a three-dimensional virtual reality setting
  • The Big Table: In their quest to restore power to their shape, users will also learn all about the periodic table, sub atomic particles, and elemental properties
Criminal Justice
  • Accused #2 Walter Sisulu: become immersed in the trial which convicted Nelson Mandela during the Apartheid regime in South Africa
Education
  • EmpowHER: Self Defense Training game teaches you the basics of empowering self-defense
  • Teacher's Lens: Teacher's Lens Beta is an Oculus Launch Pad winning project that strives to mitigate unconscious bias in classroom education
  • The Big Table: In their quest to restore power to their shape, users will also learn all about the periodic table, sub atomic particles, and elemental properties
Environmental 
  • Google Earth VR: The world has so many beautiful and amazing places to visit
  • MasterWorks Journey through History: Follow a guided tour through world wonders, including Mount Rushmore
  • Oceans We Make: Drop into a pristine ocean that's teeming with life, and observe the beautiful surroundings just as you would if you were scuba diving
  • Patagonia: visit Monte Fitzroy, Argentina's most famous mountain landmark
  • The Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience: a virtual underwater ecosystem to allow you to observe firsthand what coral reefs are expected to look like by the end of the century if we do not curb our CO2 emissions.
Exercise Science
  • EmpowHER: Self Defense Training game teaches you the basics of empowering self-defense
  • The Body VR: an educational virtual reality experience that takes the user inside the human body
  • The Real Heart: Explore a virtual anatomical heart in the ‘Real Heart’
Gender Studies
  • Queerskins A Love Story: follow the emotionally-charged experience set in the 1980s following a family's trip to rural Missouri
Health Science
  • The Body VR: an educational virtual reality experience that takes the user inside the human body
  • The Real Heart: Explore a virtual anatomical heart in the ‘Real Heart’
History
  • 1943 Berlin Blitz: this experience puts you inside a Lancaster bomber as it navigates a most dangerous journey
  • Accused #2 Walter Sisulu: become immersed in the trial which convicted Nelson Mandela during the Apartheid regime in South Africa
  • MasterWorks Journey through History: Follow a guided tour through world wonders, including Mount Rushmore
  • Mayflower Reflections: explores the impactful story of the Mayflower Voyage of 1620 and the similarities it shares with contemporary society.
  • Pompeii: an experience allowing you to visit the most famous ruins of Pompeii, Italy
  • Rome Reborn: visit the civic center of ancient Rome and the single most admired quarter of the Eternal City
  • Sky VR Hold the World: transports you from the comfort of your home to London’s Natural History Museum
  • The Book of Distance: follow an interactive virtual pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost on the trip from Japan to Canada
  • The Last Goodbye: In his final return to Majdanek, Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter tours the concentration camp where his parents and twin sister were murdered during World War II
  • Titanic VR: Witness the sinking of RMS Titanic. Explore the shipwreck
  • Vita Romae: Delve into a Roman camp and see the wooden fortifications, the training sites, the main weapons used by the legionaries and visit one of their tents
  • War Remains: Presented by Hardcore History ® legendary podcaster Dan Carlin, War Remains is an immersive VR experience that transports viewers into the nightmarish hellscape of the Western Front of the First World War
Marine Science
  • Oceans We Make: Drop into a pristine ocean that's teeming with life, and observe the beautiful surroundings just as you would if you were scuba diving
  • The Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience: a virtual underwater ecosystem to allow you to observe firsthand what coral reefs are expected to look like by the end of the century if we do not curb our CO2 emissions.
  • Titanic VR: Witness the sinking of RMS Titanic. Explore the shipwreck
Multicultural Studies
  • Accused #2 Walter Sisulu: become immersed in the trial which convicted Nelson Mandela during the Apartheid regime in South Africa
  • Rome Reborn: visit the civic center of ancient Rome and the single most admired quarter of the Eternal City
  • Sacred Geometry Workshop: The sacred geometry workshop lets you play with the tree of life, platonic solids, flower of life, metatron's cube, vesica piscis and more
  • Teacher's Lens: Teacher's Lens Beta is an Oculus Launch Pad winning project that strives to mitigate unconscious bias in classroom education
Nursing
  • Abelana's Atom Maker: Gain an intuitive understanding of the composition of atoms by assembling them in a three-dimensional virtual reality setting
  • Brain Vis: an educational demo / proof of concept of visualizing and interacting with real neuroimaging data
  • Dementia Yn Fy Nwylo I / First Hand: This experience takes you on a journey through four different scenarios that will broaden your understanding of living with dementia
  • Is Anna OK?: step into the shoes of 20-year-old twins Anna and Lauren to discover how an accident changes their lives with their brain injury
  • The Body VR: an educational virtual reality experience that takes the user inside the human body
  • The Real Heart: Explore a virtual anatomical heart in the ‘Real Heart’
Political Science
Psychology
  • Brain Vis: an educational demo / proof of concept of visualizing and interacting with real neuroimaging data
  • Dementia Yn Fy Nwylo I / First Hand: This experience takes you on a journey through four different scenarios that will broaden your understanding of living with dementia
  • Is Anna OK?: step into the shoes of 20-year-old twins Anna and Lauren to discover how an accident changes their lives with their brain injury
  • Teacher's Lens: Teacher's Lens Beta is an Oculus Launch Pad winning project that strives to mitigate unconscious bias in classroom education
Sociology
  • EmpowHER: Self Defense Training game teaches you the basics of empowering self-defense
  • Sacred Geometry Workshop: The sacred geometry workshop lets you play with the tree of life, platonic solids, flower of life, metatron's cube, vesica piscis and more
  • Teacher's Lens: Teacher's Lens Beta is an Oculus Launch Pad winning project that strives to mitigate unconscious bias in classroom education
  • The Book of Distance: follow an interactive virtual pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost on the trip from Japan to Canada
Sustainability Studies
  • MasterWorks Journey through History: Follow a guided tour through world wonders, including Mount Rushmore
  • Oceans We Make: Drop into a pristine ocean that's teeming with life, and observe the beautiful surroundings just as you would if you were scuba diving
  • The Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience: a virtual underwater ecosystem to allow you to observe firsthand what coral reefs are expected to look like by the end of the century if we do not curb our CO2 emissions.
  • Titanic VR: Witness the sinking of RMS Titanic. Explore the shipwreck
  • Queerskins A Love Story: follow the emotionally-charged experience set in the 1980s following a family's trip to rural Missouri