Rowan University announced Monday that it would partner with Arizona State University and a company led by filmmaker Walter Parkes to develop and license new advanced virtual reality classes that university leaders say will put it on the cutting edge of the technology’s use in higher education.
Starting in January, the school will open a “test bed” where faculty can start to try out some of the new technology, Lowman said.The university, Lowman said, anticipates also spending about a half million a year in licensing fees. In 2022, more than 12,000 students at Arizona State participated in the course “Immersive Biology in the Alien Zoo,” that weaves “scientific concepts within a rich fictional world that operates on the same biochemical principles as Earth but with slightly different specifics,” Rowan said in its release.