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Children with learning disabilities can benefit from technological advances being made, including the use of virtual reality. What is Virtual Reality? Virtual reality allows the user to explore and interact with a three-dimensional (3-D), computer-simulated environment in a seemingly real or physical way, typically using special electronic equipment.

This article discusses the law and ethics of copyright as it pertains to virtual reality, and the objects created within virtual reality.

Virtual reality is catching on as a tool in medicine. The technology has been used to treat phobias, reduce pain and even help doctors perform surgery. Now virtual reality is being tried as a way to help people with disabilities explore the world that might be difficult or impossible in real life.

the use of trademarked material in "virtual realism" is a new legal and ethics issue that US Trademark law has begun to consider. The author discusses the problem of trademarks being used without permission in virtual reality.

The author explore how artists can protect the copyright of their work in VR, and who has the right to place that art into Virtual Reality worlds. Are the programmers who create the code for the work to appear collaborators with the artists?

Second Life Virtual Ability Island for Persons with Disabilities

Bringing Basic Accessibility Features to Virtual Reality Context. Mauro Teófilo∗. Samsung Research Institutee. Amazon Federal University. This paper introduces Virtual Reality (VR) basic scenarios of accessibility tools like zooming, negative colors, auto reading, text-to-speech, subtitles, cursor based on context, and so on. The proposed solutions were designed based on accessibility features already in use by other platforms.

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD (President C.E.O.: Osamu Shinobe) announces the launch of a virtual art museum project called IJC MUSEUM at the "IS JAPAN COOL?" website, ANA's promotional media targeting potential foreign visitors to Japan. The number of overseas visitors to Japan reached 19.73 million in 2015 and more than 20 million foreigners are[...]

An Investigation into the Unique Challenges of Online Math Instruction in a Virtual School

The author believes young people are the most avid users of digital media throughout their daily lives, so we can expect that digital media will be central to their civic lives. Also civic organizations are so deeply enmeshed in the online world that basic participation now requires a certain amountof digital literacy. Civic life is rapidly digitizing, so a crucial component of teaching students the skills to engage as competent civic actors is teaching them how to engage in virtual spaces persuasively, critically, collectively, and before invisible audiences.

"The advantages of mobile technologies have not been lost on higher education institutions, and they have tried to provide educational services through the use of mobile learning management system (LMS). However, offering such services does not necessarily mean that the students will adopt the new technology. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine what factors facilitate and hinder the students' adoption of the mobile campus. The study was based on the diffusion of innovation model and compared the perceptions of mobile LMS users and nonusers. Eighty-five students in a cyber university responded to the survey, and the results revealed that even though nonusers perceived the advantages of using mobile LMS, they did not adopt the system because of its complexity and resistance. A discussion and the implications for further development of mobile LMS followed." [Abstract from ERIC database.] Han, I., & Han, S. (2014). Adoption of the Mobile Campus in a Cyber University. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. 15(6), 237-256.

The integration of technology in classrooms is rapidly emerging as a way to provide more educational opportunities for students. As virtual learning environments become more popular, evaluating the impact of this technology on student success is vital. "Exploring the Effectiveness of Online Education in K-12 Environments" combines empirical evidence and best practices in current K-12 distance learning and virtual schools.

Author: Celene Highwater 2015-09-01 - Radegast new text-based viewer allows the blind community to play games such as Second Life. Second Life is an online virtual world, developed by Linden Lab , based in San Francisco, and launched on June 23, 2003. In many ways, Second Life is similar to MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games).

The increasing development of virtual reality (VR) technologies has matured enough as to expand research from the military and scientific visualization realm into more multidisciplinary areas, such as education, art, and psychology.

Category: report, Abstract: The face of learning has changed. Over the past two decades, learning has evolved from traditional instructor-led classroom training to distance learning to e-learning to virtual learning environments and to massive open online courses. And, the face of learners has changed as well.

This article explores how to create diverse avatars and environments in virtual reality