tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117403342332792242024-03-12T21:55:17.261-06:00Future-Talk 3D VRThoughtful discussions about emerging and high-leverage technology use in education.Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.comBlogger455125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-18270698021849563142021-07-12T08:00:00.001-06:002021-07-12T08:00:00.203-06:00Musing #5: Aiming for the Middle<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hNRHNlL0FYs/YLTtkeMo6VI/AAAAAAAADg4/mFwge61r9Q40yqHRVy3ojSvxAAfl_yiHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Dirty%2BHMD%2BSB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hNRHNlL0FYs/YLTtkeMo6VI/AAAAAAAADg4/mFwge61r9Q40yqHRVy3ojSvxAAfl_yiHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Dirty%2BHMD%2BSB.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;">In the heat of our current pandemic scramble, a
clear continuum exists: </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>the “covidiot to covidian” spectrum</b></span>.</span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;">At one extreme lies the <i>covidiot</i>. The
covidiot is not afraid of contracting Covid-19 for any number of reasons. For
example, s/he sees himself/herself as invincible or as the victim of a
government ruse. Whatever the reason, life must go on. The <i>covidian</i>, to the
contrary, sees the possibility of contamination around every corner and is
driven by miserable fear. You can identify a covidiot because she will enter a
busy store without a mask; you can distinguish a covidian because he will be
driving a car all alone, wearing a mask. I find myself somewhere in the middle
of this spectrum, guided by science, data, and keen self-awareness. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;">So here’s
the rub: <b><span style="color: #38761d;">technical hygiene standards</span></b> for virtual reality in schools are really aimed at the large crowd in the
middle. Most <i>covidiots </i>will ignore, fake or delay adhering to hygiene standards
unless forced to do so; <i>covidians </i>will see such standards as “not enough” and
are likely to “just stay home”. </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Now
let’s apply this spectrum in real life. Take for example the AMC theater
hygiene standards, which are fairly comprehensive, in my way of thinking. I
have seen covidiots take their masks off after the theater goes dark, even
though our state requires masking indoors. Conversely, I have numerous covidian
acquaintances who would never go to a theater, no matter what safety standards are
in place.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> So, <i>safety standards really benefit the sensible middle</i>, not the
extremes. They are aimed at the thinker, the analyzer, the realist, and the rationalist.
In the main, businesses are hoping that catering to the middle can carry them
through our unfortunate economic hard times.</span></p>Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-76175790867910025032021-07-05T16:25:00.002-06:002021-07-05T16:25:00.213-06:00Musing #4: What’s missing?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zVbJkuQheqM/YLQRt3EhLvI/AAAAAAAADgw/dmQm7s2TEs8Ma5WVBZWCcrweI0cope2LACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Robot%2BTools.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1621" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zVbJkuQheqM/YLQRt3EhLvI/AAAAAAAADgw/dmQm7s2TEs8Ma5WVBZWCcrweI0cope2LACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Robot%2BTools.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> Isn’t there more to safety than merely
disinfecting any shared equipment? In the Hologate VR standards for
location-based entertainment (see my previous post in this series), what’s
missing is physical distancing of customers, masking, temperature taking, reduced
facility capacity, staff testing and hand washing, air and HEPA filters, and
‘enhanced’ facility disinfecting, and other ‘enhanced’ disinfecting procedures.
Does education offer their own industry-preferred hygiene standards for VR equipment use? Can you think of anything that is missing from the procedures/practices followed in your school or university? What's missing?<o:p></o:p></span></p>Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-80301634353773964362021-06-28T09:19:00.006-06:002021-06-28T09:19:00.220-06:00Musing #3: The AOA Weighs In<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--N_i3wUUzbc/TZchK6Ag4SI/AAAAAAAAADI/cHz6wv-mB-QDa9yAx5S63MbAte-K6TKeACPcBGAYYCw/s800/EyeTest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="800" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--N_i3wUUzbc/TZchK6Ag4SI/AAAAAAAAADI/cHz6wv-mB-QDa9yAx5S63MbAte-K6TKeACPcBGAYYCw/s320/EyeTest.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Hygiene standards for
VR headgear (and previously, 3D glasses) in schools have been top of mind for
the doctors and scientists of the American Optometric Association (AOA), long
before the current Covid crisis ever erupted. Although there have been no
reported instances of problems and no published studies, the American
Optometric Association informs us that the eye can be an important route of
microbial exposure. Their recommendations, which can be viewed as hygiene
standards, are summarized here: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></p><blockquote>“<i>Teachers and children should be instructed to
ask about the cleanliness of headgear; hand washing before use would be
helpful; cleaning the VR headgear with cold disinfecting systems between uses
or employ existing UV cabinets (found in many science classrooms) will provide
additional disinfecting and anti-microbial protection between uses</i>.”</blockquote><o:p></o:p><p></p>Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-16573422261884793792021-06-21T13:47:00.016-06:002021-06-21T13:47:00.227-06:00Musing #2: AMC Technical Hygiene Standards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NF1DmiidkAc/YKLhL63YB7I/AAAAAAAADfk/X6-U-zcRcVAPwtrdQuxaD7Q7dGiGxojGgCPcBGAYYCw/s474/graphicstock-female-hands-in-blue-rubber-gloves-yellow-and-green-bottle-of-detergent-and-sponge-on-white-background-top-view_SZcgXyWnhwZ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="474" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NF1DmiidkAc/YKLhL63YB7I/AAAAAAAADfk/X6-U-zcRcVAPwtrdQuxaD7Q7dGiGxojGgCPcBGAYYCw/s320/graphicstock-female-hands-in-blue-rubber-gloves-yellow-and-green-bottle-of-detergent-and-sponge-on-white-background-top-view_SZcgXyWnhwZ.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;">In this post, we continue some blunt musings about Covid-aware hygiene standards, especially national and industry-specific standards. Come along with us for an untamed ride of nuance and perspective through the wilderness of covidian concern.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;">*****</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">AMC standards</span></b><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">.
The most comprehensive set of hygiene standards in the theater industry are
those of the AMC theater chain. Here is a list of their official covid-era
hygiene steps, which is impressive to say the least:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">social distancing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">masks required</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">reduced auditorium
capacities</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">cashless transactions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">hand sanitizer and
disinfecting wipes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">simplified menus
Refills and condiments by request only</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">daily associate health
screenings</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">frequent hand washing
encouraged</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">self-check reminders
(don’t come if sick)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">enhanced cleaning
procedures, advised by Clorox</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">electrostatic
disinfectant sprayers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">upgraded NMERV 13 Air
filters</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">HEPA filter vacuums</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Apparently, AMC is
serious about getting their customers back. I have been seem numerous movies,
in theater, since the pandemic started, and these improvements are clearly
visible to the customer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-20142365343054499912021-06-14T12:11:00.006-06:002021-06-14T12:11:00.226-06:00Musing #1: National vs Local<p> <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;">In the next four posts, we provide some blunt
musings about Covid-aware hygiene standards, especially national and industry-specific
standards. Come along with us for an untamed ride of nuance and perspective
through the wilderness of covidian concern.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;">*****</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Musing #1: Industry-specific versus national
standards</span></b><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">.
An educator in a previous post bemoaned the lack of <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>national standards</b></span> for cleaning
shared equipment in schools. I suspect he felt that local educational practices
were either insufficient, thinly followed, or poorly communicated. Thus he
pined for more and stricter guidance from on high. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I wonder if national or even
state standards are in fact superior to industry-specific and
location-contextualized standards? I am reminded by the complete lockdowns of
hair salons in California, while here in Colorado, salons go on about their
business in complete safety, following sensible safety standards—with no
resultant infections. Can bureaucrats, sitting at a distance, really make the
kinds of safety decisions that best fit a local educational community? I think not. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The CDC
recently posted the study results of a potential Covid spread in a Springfield,
Missouri hair salon. Two stylists, who subsequently serviced more than 139
patrons, were initially infected. After testing these paying customers, the CDC
found “all test results were negative”. Their conclusion? “Adherence to the
community’s and company’s face-covering policy likely mitigated spread of
SARS-CoV-2”. See the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6928e2.htm" target="_blank">study summary</a> for yourself. The bottom line is that I am
suspicious of state or national standards over the local or industry-specific
standards. Looking at the California
example, it is all-too-easy it is to overthink the situation and punitively
disconnect safety standards from actual science.</span></p>Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-9985758185395207162021-06-07T08:38:00.002-06:002021-06-07T08:38:00.222-06:00Systematizing VR Hygiene<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Over the last two posts we spoke about the Hologate standards for cleaning shared VR environments. </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yet the Hologate standards
also implore us to <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">systematize</span></b> and be more <b><span style="color: #e69138;">intentional </span></b>about our hygiene
efforts with VR systems in education. The standards emphasize the need to ensure that “staff understands
that constantly cleaning and disinfecting is now one of their top priorities”. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mS1m_W2CfsI/YKfG7AEVsAI/AAAAAAAADgE/17hviolWzo0RPQ7gBijHfmf1_n_CzlgSACLcBGAsYHQ/s521/Cleaning%2BUp%2BSB%2B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="521" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mS1m_W2CfsI/YKfG7AEVsAI/AAAAAAAADgE/17hviolWzo0RPQ7gBijHfmf1_n_CzlgSACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cleaning%2BUp%2BSB%2B.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In reviewing their standards, I strongly support their admonition to “slow down
and adjust the throughput expectations for your team and customers to make
accommodations for these added cleaning procedures”. </span><i style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: x-large;">Turnaround time</i><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: x-large;"> on
educational facilities or shared equipment in K12 or higher ed settings will
need to be adjusted upwards. Similarly, their suggestion to “take photos and
video of your team in action and post on your social media channels to let
everyone know what you are doing” is sound advice. It instills confidence in an
environment that has become all-too-scary on its own. Such a smart
public-facing posture is vital, since educational environments tend to be more
afraid of Covid-19 than commercial environments are.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><p></p>Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-30337983768260693702021-05-31T09:09:00.004-06:002021-05-31T09:09:00.232-06:00The Hologate Standards<p><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bLGAGZe9YNY/YKUqtBJll4I/AAAAAAAADfw/Ew4FoX2ImpYqB-zH375rLxEpK18O4-cQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s474/graphicstock-female-hands-in-blue-rubber-gloves-yellow-and-green-bottle-of-detergent-and-sponge-on-white-background-top-view_SZcgXyWnhwZ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="474" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bLGAGZe9YNY/YKUqtBJll4I/AAAAAAAADfw/Ew4FoX2ImpYqB-zH375rLxEpK18O4-cQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/graphicstock-female-hands-in-blue-rubber-gloves-yellow-and-green-bottle-of-detergent-and-sponge-on-white-background-top-view_SZcgXyWnhwZ.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last week we spoke about the Hologate standards for cleaning shared VR environments. Of particular interest is in these standards is Hologate’s
concern over the <span style="color: #38761d;"><b>opacity </b></span>of any organization’s disinfecting efforts. Hologate
strongly calls for highly <i style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>visible</b></span></i><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b> </b></span>action in this regard. They explain: “Post
coronavirus, it is imperative to instill the confidence that everything is
being done for your customer’s health and safety”. They add, “perception is
everything and confidence can be gained through actions that are </span><i style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>visible</b></span>”</i><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">.
They remind us to have staff “be diligent and highly visible by customers when
disinfecting between uses” and to position “customer anti-bacterial dispenser
and/or disinfectant wipe stations throughout a facility so that they are
visible and conveniently accessed”.</span></span></p><p></p>Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-7741274334072676942021-05-24T07:54:00.001-06:002021-05-24T07:54:00.220-06:00Cleaning Things Up III<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;">In “Cleaning Things
Up II I mentioned one educator pleaded for guidance, asking:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><blockquote><i>“Don’t we have any national disinfecting
standards to follow?”</i></blockquote><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Standards that can guide educators and others in
this timely hygiene challenge do indeed exist. Take for example the recent
Hologate hygiene and safety standards for virtual reality available for download <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VupNoWEX4pndHsJOqY7_dMhXZCXy0zSi/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These standards are designed to “bring a
uniform process to the location-based entertainment industry”, but are clearly
applicable to other shared equipment environments or educational facilities. Although
one must heed any local and national laws/regulations as well as the published
guidance of government health agencies, the Hologate standards “are based on [our]
years of experience operating systems and attractions”, they elaborate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V8OVg-AmSLE/YKPIDASFA2I/AAAAAAAADfo/uY46AeNXcggDlHMyIu05Tp_fA7nBuJgpQCLcBGAsYHQ/s420/graphicstock-young-couple-dusting-at-home_HgoB5nxgZ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="420" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V8OVg-AmSLE/YKPIDASFA2I/AAAAAAAADfo/uY46AeNXcggDlHMyIu05Tp_fA7nBuJgpQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/graphicstock-young-couple-dusting-at-home_HgoB5nxgZ.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Some important perspectives are offered in the above
standards document. Hologate reminds us about our changing times by suggesting “post
coronavirus, we must accept the reality that we will be unable to operate as we
have before. Cleanliness and disinfection will have to become paramount to
customer’s confidence in enjoying our attractions and location-based
entertainment”. These standards also remind us that hygiene must be maintained
by professionals, and not merely “left to the customer” to address on their own.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Although location-based entertainment has suffered
greatly during the recent economic and viral downturn, there is much to be
learned for application in other environments, such as <i><span style="color: #38761d;">the education sector</span></i>. The
Hologate standards document reminds us that “virtual reality headsets and
accessories [and, I would add historically, 3D glasses] have always been the
target and topic of hygiene conversations, so it’s more important than ever to
make sure that you have proper cleaning”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In short, the VR hygiene methods recommended by Hologate are
outlined below, and apply to headsets, controllers, vests, and fasteners alike:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Check, Clean, Dry (see the standards for a detailed
breakdown)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Use sanitizing wipes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Employ Disposable VR Mask covers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Consider UVC light cleaning as an added defense</span></li></ul><p></p>
Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-75101486343100979412021-05-17T15:32:00.001-06:002021-05-17T15:33:53.860-06:00Cleaning Things Up II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NF1DmiidkAc/YKLhL63YB7I/AAAAAAAADfg/oZiaAdvSJzkzUQYeMyyMM5QAozCk041NACLcBGAsYHQ/s474/graphicstock-female-hands-in-blue-rubber-gloves-yellow-and-green-bottle-of-detergent-and-sponge-on-white-background-top-view_SZcgXyWnhwZ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="474" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NF1DmiidkAc/YKLhL63YB7I/AAAAAAAADfg/oZiaAdvSJzkzUQYeMyyMM5QAozCk041NACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/graphicstock-female-hands-in-blue-rubber-gloves-yellow-and-green-bottle-of-detergent-and-sponge-on-white-background-top-view_SZcgXyWnhwZ.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>M<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;">any of us are now hyperaware
(almost to the point of bacillophobia) of cleaning often-used equipment
surfaces in the education sector. One educator summarizes the covid-cleaning
predicament in schools and universities in this way:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><blockquote>“<i>The problem with the virus is that it is invisible
and so people tend to over-sanitize, taking up the mindset that the surfaces
are [always] infected</i>”.</blockquote><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In order to understand the depths of concern about
this hygiene issue at the grassroots level in schools, let’s use some examples
from a recent educational discussion forum recently playing out in Ireland.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Here are some of the key questions emerging, paraphrased
here, but expressed by actual teachers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Is it enough for children to wash hands
or disinfect hands before and after using the laptop or iPad? </span></p><blockquote>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Is it okay to use sprays on digital
equipment?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">How can we make this process less
cumbersome?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Must we turn devices off when cleaning
them?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">How can we get a lab of devices ready
for the next class?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Are protective keyboard covers worth the
investment?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">What vendors are you using for cleaning
materials?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Don’t we have any national disinfecting
standards to follow?</span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">You can tell by the last question
that it’s a jungle out there, with classroom teachers/professors largely left
on their own to solve this in any way they can. </span>Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-13537185267424210442021-05-10T01:00:00.033-06:002021-05-17T15:24:52.598-06:00Keeping Things Clean <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In my last post, I asked “How can schools and universities address
the acute hygiene problem” presented by shared school resources like VR headgear? I remembered a posting on the nearly 12,000 strong
VR/AR Media Group on LinkedIn, to which I paid little attention at first, but
which now grew afresh in my mind. Apparently, <a href="https://www.uvisan.com/pages/sales" target="_blank">Uvisan </a>(a UK company) rolled out
a noteworthy UVC cabinet touting the highest photobiological safety ratings. I interviewed Anthony Graham, Distribution
Manager for Uvisan, who emphasized: “All of our equipment has RoHS and CE
certification and UV efficacy has been subjected to extensive laboratory
testing to guarantee maximum effectiveness.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aKPDnWzDNis/YJA_yCFWrUI/AAAAAAAADfI/idmNCpUU-UsMTFBxlJ2NIUNo8gquqkxBACLcBGAsYHQ/s292/UVISANpic.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="278" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aKPDnWzDNis/YJA_yCFWrUI/AAAAAAAADfI/idmNCpUU-UsMTFBxlJ2NIUNo8gquqkxBACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/UVISANpic.PNG" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The history on this product was fascinating to me.
<a href="https://immotion.co.uk/" target="_blank">Immotion Group</a>, a UK-based out-of-home VR company, had apparently developed a
"Pre-covid" UVC cabinet for MGM, owners of Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas
as part of a 36 seat motion platform VR Theatre in their their Shark Reef
aquarium facility.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The
‘disinfecting’ cabinet technology enabled Mandalay to sanitize and
simultaneously charge the headsets between showings of Immotion’s undersea VR
short films. Then, as the pandemic spread, Graham recounted “we decided to put
the research and effort that went into our cabinets to good use and create
Uvisan as a stand-alone solution”. As the Covid crisis expanded, Mr. Graham
rationalized that “the short disinfecting cycle, charging and security
capabilities made it a perfect fit for many organizations”. Graham underlined
that their UV anti-bacterial cleaning cabinets will support much more than VR
headsets: tablets, tools, AV equipment, and phone headsets are also now
supported.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[I would expect that this
could also apply, in an educational context, to headphones, earphones, science
probes/apparatus, utensils, and other instructional instruments used by waves
of students.]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">As far as the VR origins of this product,
Graham noted that “the cabinets were originally designed for VR Headsets,
and we have a range of sizes that can house, sanitize and charge 12, 20 and up
to 30 headsets, using our specifically placed 254nm low pressure medical-grade
UV lamps to give maximum surface coverage.” But he added that the Uvisan
cabinets are alternatively able to support up to 100 phones and 50 tablets. I
asked Mr. Graham about any educational customers that were using this tool, and
he responded “We have Chichester University and London College of the Arts
using our cabinets in an educational setting and enquiries from others coming in
daily.” He also mention the installations thye had in place with the Academcy of Applied Sciences in Germany. Graham also offered this <a href="https://universitybusiness.co.uk/sponsored/immotion-launches-commercial-uv-cleaning-solution/ " target="_blank">case study</a> on the Chichester implementation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Some other customers who have found this solution
particularly valuable include the VR sport business HADO (who told Graham that
“they could not have run a championship event unless they had the cabinet to
rapidly sanitize the headsets”) and the British Film Institute, who recently
used their cabinets at a VR event which was part of this year's London Film
Festival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Graham concludes: “We have a
very versatile, safe and effective product and we are now seeing demand coming
through from healthcare and industrial partners.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Can educational institutions afford this solution? It's an attention getting offering....</span></p>Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-14764179125973492152021-05-03T01:00:00.012-06:002021-05-03T01:00:00.204-06:00Grungy VR: Story<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_roxHr40RV0/YI9Dzi8nbsI/AAAAAAAADfA/yVmVONCglJkdXdt8SHoNUfalLA19-lm7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Dirty%2BHMD%2BSB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_roxHr40RV0/YI9Dzi8nbsI/AAAAAAAADfA/yVmVONCglJkdXdt8SHoNUfalLA19-lm7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Dirty%2BHMD%2BSB.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Having borrowed the gear nearly a week beforehand, I
finally found some disposable time to sit down and give my son’s Oculus Quest
VR a robust test drive. I was so looking forward to “taking her for a spin”.
With great </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;">anticipation I held the headgear in my hands, studying how to best
don the peculiar looking cap, when suddenly I froze with apprehension. Looking
at the soft surface designed to make a tight fit over my eyes and forehead, I
noticed it was particularly dirty, questionably so, and thought to myself “Do I
want to clean this darn thing before I put it on?” Given the angst of possibly
courting any unwanted and unexpected covidian germs, I slowed down to think it
all through, especially given the ugly and scummy surface that lurked
distastefully in front of me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was then no surprise that this unseemly
encounter shifted my thinking towards the thousands of schools/universities
that use similar VR or AR headgear, and how the threat of covid-related
sanitary issues has already put the kibosh on the use of this technology in
classrooms. I wondered “How can schools and universities address this acute
hygiene problem?” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now, back to the borrowed and grungy headgear,
which I described in the first paragraph. It’s all in the family, I thought, so
I put on the soiled HMD on and went ahead with my virtual journey. I am certain
I would not do that in an educational institution, however, because no one has
any idea where all those little foreheads have been. Fortunately, there are
some commercial-grade solutions now available to educational institutions to
specifically address these hygiene concerns. We'll look at those solutions over the next few weeks.</span></p>Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-31526368488014314502020-06-19T07:56:00.000-06:002020-06-19T07:58:05.912-06:00Why Visualization is Better<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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epic educational fails I’ve observed. I’ve seen parents at their wit’s end,
teachers pushed beyond their capacity, and technologies that don’t quite have
the ‘umph’ to get the job done. I’ve also seen Zoom fatigue set in, lessons
shortened to make weak learning experiences a bit more palatable, and student
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/ <i>online teaching</i> / <i>blended learning</i> or whatever other form of
classroom learning we can expect to wrestle with in the coming school year? Isn’t
there a better way for educators to prepare for the unexpected? There certainly
is. One answer rests in using <i>visualization</i> as a powerful teaching
method. John Medina, the author of the bestselling book, <u>Brain Rules</u>,
explains it this way: “Vision trumps all other senses... We learn more, faster,
and retain learning longer if we use image rich content.” According to Medina,
this “phenomenon is so pervasive, it has been given its own name: the</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><a href="http://youtu.be/Ta-KdsETpXc"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">pictorial superiority effect</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, or PSE. </span><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the scene—the expansive 3D visualization library from </span><a href="https://cubedigico.com/"><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">CubeDigiCo</span></a><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">—enables
such a richly visual learning experience. For example, imagine a science
animation that conveys through rich animation the process of photosynthesis in
glorious 3D. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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are spoken or still pictures in an ebook, this delightfully visual and animated
5-minute video vignette can convey complex concepts to children in a way that
registers with the way they truly learn. And it conveys the information
quickly, so that learner attention spans are not strained. (My experience is
that these 3D animations are so visually appealing that students will not mind
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Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-73747821865160437582020-04-18T07:25:00.001-06:002020-04-18T07:25:50.932-06:00XR Summit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-44571779190637938552020-01-20T01:00:00.000-07:002020-01-20T01:00:02.827-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Be there! See my unique VR presentation at SXSWedu entitled: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"<b><a href="http://schedule.sxswedu.com/2020/events/PP103702" target="_blank">How VR helps struggling early readers</a></b>."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This session is scehduled for March 9 at 3:30 p.m. I'll see you there.</span><br />
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Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-83270905469126718552020-01-14T10:54:00.000-07:002020-01-14T10:54:32.967-07:00Another interesting Webinar!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-61017691338502227222019-12-17T08:25:00.000-07:002019-12-17T08:25:08.405-07:00A VR Webinar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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training, education and worker guidance. This webinar is featuring speakers from </span></span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Volvo, Aggreko, Boston
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Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-21571240639504309192019-11-18T01:00:00.000-07:002019-11-18T01:00:07.654-07:00An AR/VR Survey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-84631089918409378792019-08-12T01:00:00.000-06:002019-08-12T01:00:02.125-06:00Pricing Failure & VR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Fast-forwarding to virtual reality as we know it today, we don't need to look hard to see the same pricing
failures, as greedy companies race to the highest price point for educational
customers. And,
frankly, schools simply cannot afford it. On the other hand, the ‘freemium’
pricing model is increasingly popular these days, where starting base of VR resources is free, but the best, the premium resources, have a price tag. And when we brush
away the ‘free’ part of freemium, my oh my, that price is a hefty one. Sticker
shock immediately sets in like concrete, preventing “the buy” or the reasonable
scaling of virtual reality in the classroom. Especially when the offer comes as annual licensing as opposed to perpetual licensing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Will a few greedy companies destroy this industry for the rest
of us, before it has a chance to get legs? Just to make a killing? Strike gold?
Since content is king, will content price failures undermine any hoped-for
trajectory for hardware sales? Or will the freemium strategy, now increasing in
frequency, pay off? One thing is for sure: if pricing failures get in the way
of technologies reaching the educational market, then sic transit gloria
mundi—“t</span><i><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">hus
passes the glory of</span></i><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">the world</span></i><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">.” Or VR.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on the scene when there isn’t a clear correlation between an item’s cost and
its value/quality. It reminds me of a serious pricing failure, one I witnessed in
the educational marketplace. Yes, I remember it distinctly, during the years of
the initial stereo 3D explosion in film, displays, and projectors. A top-level
manager from the DLP group at Texas Instruments whispered to me the hard truth:
how the pricing set forth by just one or two educational 3D software producers
was so rapacious, that those companies almost brought down the entire 3D
industry/market in education—by steeply overpricing their content. I was there.
I saw the gut-wrenching reaction of educational buyers. The pricing was, well, ridiculous.
And this is still true about many promising technologies in education. <i>Pricing failure</i> is more common than one would think. </span></div>
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Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-88771916709844652562019-07-29T08:55:00.000-06:002019-07-29T08:55:01.383-06:00Is VR Headed for a Pricing Failure?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">The evening weather
was hot and unforgiving, the humidity beyond palpable. Not a great time to be
wearing a suit in Puerto Vallarta, I thought, nevertheless enjoying the
enchanting gourmet meal set out with certain elegance before me. I found myself
here at the well-appointed Hacienda San Angel hotel, on a hilltop above the
beautiful Guadalupe Church, not very far from the connected casitas that hosted
Richard Burton and Liz Taylor in 1964.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The occasion for my
visit was a destination wedding, a joyous gathering for the daughter of
long-time friends and frequent co-travellers. Next to me sat a world-renowned
New York City surgeon, “the” specialist in his field. He had invented and
perfected successful medical procedures that were adopted all across the world.
Yet, he was such a kind and unassuming man. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He softly nodded and asked me:
“What is it that you do?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I responded: “I work in the field of education, with
a particular emphasis on 3D visualization and virtual reality.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A pleasant
conversation ensued, but also a whirlwind of discovery. </span><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The
conversation led to the use of 3D surgery in his field. He saw 3D surgery as a
laudable development, but one that remained impractical. “Why?” I asked. He
explained carefully and methodically that current medical surgical procedures
were quite effective. He added that 3D surgery did, in fact, offer a number of
incremental advantages and improvements. But the price offered to hospitals
made the deci</span><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">sion an easy
one: it wasn’t worth the money to gain some benefits on the margin. The price
for 3D surgical equipment was just too high. It just made no sense to switch to
this nascent and ‘smart’ technology. So everyone in his field, for the most
part, he explained, has stayed with traditional surgical methods. In fact, his
manner changed slightly, as a bit of soft-anger oozed out, oddly contrasting
with his normally calm demeanor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">“They can’t expect us to pay </span><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">those prices,” he charged.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">That, dear readers, is what we call a “<b><span style="color: #274e13;">pricing failure</span></b>.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Join us the next two weeks for a look at the
possibility of pricing failure in the flourishing VR world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-20625280449337511072019-07-22T01:00:00.000-06:002019-07-22T01:00:02.974-06:00It's Ironic 7<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Educational VR: The Irony of it All</span></h1>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><i>The trendy presence of virtual reality these days
leaves me with a sense of irony. (Please look at previous posts in this series for the context.) I am struck by the incongruity of
the past and the future colliding in an uncomfortable way. I am describing
something we’ve seen before—when we were pushing for 3D visualization tools in
the classroom from 2010 through 2015. Virtual reality is all the rage
today, but in the past, things didn’t look quite so bright. Though the
technologies are really quite similar, something has changed. Here's my last effort at ironic sentiment: </i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Complaint: <i>Our
3D content won’t run on that other hardware platform.</i></span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; line-height: 150%;">Educator response to
3D (5 years ago): “Why do I need to buy that type of hardware and not just use
what I’ve got?” “The content is too hardware specific.” “Our district won’t
support that brand of equipment, sorry.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; line-height: 150%;">Educator response to
VR (today ), though VR also lacks unifying standards: “I don’t care—how
can we do it?” “It’s just sexy!” “I’ll find a way.”<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of the times we are in. Virtual Reality is succeeding in the education market
today, well, because, well, <i>it’s… sexy</i>. How long that will last?
Who knows, but I suspect these questions won’t just go away. For now, here is
how the education market works: over the next year or so, suppliers need to
fill in the missing pieces and answer the unanswered questions or VR will be left
in the backwaters of time and will be replaced by the latest trending
whatchamacallit or gadget. Welcome to education. And P.S.: don’t show this
article to your local VR enthusiast. Why not? Incongruity overly frustrates their sense
of forward progress.</span></span></div>
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Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0Vail, CO 81657, USA39.6402638 -106.3741954999999839.5424333 -106.53555699999998 39.7380943 -106.21283399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-49460454975170539022019-07-15T01:00:00.000-06:002019-07-15T01:00:05.724-06:00It's Ironic 6<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The stout and trendy presence of virtual reality these days
leaves me with a hefty sense of irony. (Please look at previous posts for the introduction to this series.) I am struck by the incongruity of
the past and the future colliding in an uncomfortable way. I am describing
something we’ve seen before—when we were pushing for 3D visualization tools in
the classroom from 2010 through 2015. Virtual reality is all the rage
today, but in the past, things didn’t look quite so bright. Though the
technologies are really quite similar, something has changed. Here's my next effort at ironic sentiment: </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Complaint: <i>I
just can’t find enough 3D content.</i></span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; line-height: 150%;">Educator response to
3D (5 years ago): “There is not enough academic content to justify our purchase
of this technology.” “Isn’t student-created content too difficult and time
consuming to make?” “I just don’t see the curricular traction, sorry.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; line-height: 150%;">Educator response to
VR (today ), though VR also lacks comprehensive content and is difficult
for students to construct: “I don’t care—this is really innovative, i.e. sexy!”
“Where can I find more free content?”<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-16363668819346224592019-07-08T01:00:00.000-06:002019-07-08T01:00:06.652-06:00It's Ironic 5<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">The stout and trendy presence of virtual reality these days leaves me with a hefty sense of irony. (Please look at previous weeks' post for the context to this series.) I am struck by the incongruity of the past and the future colliding in an uncomfortable way. I am describing something we’ve seen before—when we were pushing for 3D visualization tools in the classroom from 2010 through 2015. Virtual reality is all the rage today, but in the past, things didn’t look quite so bright. Though the technologies are really quite similar, something has changed. Here's my fourth effort at ironic sentiment:</span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Complaint: <i>Laptops, projectors, 3D glasses—how do we manage all this stuff?</i></span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif; line-height: 150%;">Educator response to
3D (5 years ago): “How do we store, disburse, and collect all this
paraphernalia?” “How do we possibly keep the 3D glasses at full charge?” “How
do we switch between 2D and 3D?” “Sorry, this is just too much to handle. I’m a
busy teacher.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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increased size, storage and management concerns: “Oh, so sexy! Gotta get some.”
“Managing these resources—huh? Is that really necessary?”</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">More irony coming next week...</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The stout and trendy presence of virtual reality these days
leaves me with a hefty sense of irony. (Please look at previous weeks' post
for the context to this series.) I am struck by the incongruity of
the past and the future colliding in an uncomfortable way. I am describing
something we’ve seen before—when we were pushing for 3D visualization tools in
the classroom from 2010 through 2015. Virtual reality is all the rage
today, but in the past, things didn’t look quite so bright. Though the
technologies are really quite similar, something has changed. Here's my third effort at ironic sentiment:</span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Complaint: <i>3D
glasses can spread lice and diseases easily to children.</i></span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "palatino linotype" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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3D (5 years ago): “How do you expect us to stop and clean these devices between
each use?” “This just isn’t on my radar, sorry. I’m too busy to be a janitor.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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VR (today ), even though VR headgear offers the same concern: “My, this
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Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11740334233279224.post-85281679230079537752019-06-24T08:53:00.000-06:002019-06-24T08:53:01.205-06:00It's Ironic 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 14pt;">The stout and trendy presence of virtual reality these days
leaves me with a hefty sense of irony. (Please look at the last two week's post
for an introduction to this series.) I am struck by the incongruity of
the past and the future colliding in an uncomfortable way. I am describing
something we’ve seen before—when we were pushing for 3D visualization tools in
the classroom from 2010 through 2015. Virtual reality is all the rage
today, but in the past, things didn’t look quite so bright. Though the
technologies are really quite similar, something has changed. Here's my third effort at ironic sentiment: </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; line-height: 150%;">Educator response to
3D (5 years ago): “How do you expect me to use a tool that makes students ill?”
“How do we explain this to parents?” “My teachers are getting sick, too.” “We
just can’t do this, sorry.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; line-height: 150%;">Educator response to
VR (today ), although VR makes even stronger visual demands on the
student: “I don’t care, this is so transformational, i.e. really sexy!” “No,
none of my children appear to be sick [<i>even though I haven’t really asked
them</i>].” “Where can I buy this for my school and classroom?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">Ain't it ironic???</span></div>
Len Scroganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742792028308504058noreply@blogger.com0Amarillo, TX, USA35.2219971 -101.8312968999999835.014399600000004 -102.15402039999998 35.4295946 -101.50857339999999