{"id":860,"date":"2017-09-11T10:05:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T15:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/universityfundingprograms\/?p=860"},"modified":"2017-09-11T10:21:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T15:21:20","slug":"introducing-virtual-reality-for-interdisciplinary-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/universityfundingprograms\/2017\/09\/introducing-virtual-reality-for-interdisciplinary-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Virtual Reality for Interdisciplinary Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_859\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-859\" class=\"wp-image-859\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2261\/2017\/09\/ole-molvig.jpg\" alt=\"ole-molvig\" width=\"200\" height=\"279\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ole Molvig, Assistant Professor of History<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/history\/bio\/ole-molvig\">Ole Molvig<\/a>, Assistant Professor of History<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The opportunity to co-teach a <a href=\"http:\/\/vanderbilt.edu\/strategicplan\/undergraduate-residential-education\/universitycourses.php\">University Course<\/a> on virtual reality (VR) with computer science professor <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/bio\/robert-bodenheimer\">Bobby Bodenheimer<\/a> (someone with years of experience in the field) is tremendously exciting to me. You see, I am a historian \u2013 not exactly a field synonymous with cutting-edge computer technologies. Then again, I am a historian of science and technology, and my interests are always focused on the question of how deeply technical material is absorbed by others, be they elite scientists or newspaper readers. I began with Einstein\u2019s theory of general relativity, today virtual reality, tomorrow likely artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>A class like <a href=\"http:\/\/vanderbilt.edu\/strategicplan\/undergraduate-residential-education\/universitycourses-2017\/virtual_reality.php\">Virtual Reality for Interdisciplinary Applications<\/a> affords me yet another opportunity. While I will always bring my historical training with me to class, I am not teaching the history of virtual reality. I am teaching the lessons I have learned and taught from the history of science and technology \u2013 applied history if you will.<\/p>\n<p>Playfulness and creativity matter deeply, so students begin by playing and then building games.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple viewpoints are also critical, and interdisciplinary matters. Thus, we are mixing future engineers with future non-engineers to solve problems together. Faculty from across campus are serving as mentors in disciplines ranging from art history to machine learning, creating interdisciplinary projects that challenge our interdisciplinary teams.<\/p>\n<p>Technical competence matters a lot, and not just for our future engineers. Everyone\u2019s knowledge and capabilities are enhanced by technical experience, and there is no better way to learn a new skill than simply getting one\u2019s hands dirty and playing around with it. And anyone can, and should, be technically confident \u2013 not just our future engineers.<\/p>\n<p>These are the principles that have guided the construction of this course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Ole Molvig, Assistant Professor of History The opportunity to co-teach a University Course on virtual reality (VR) with computer science professor Bobby Bodenheimer (someone with years of experience in the field) is tremendously exciting to me. You see, I am a historian \u2013 not exactly a field synonymous with cutting-edge computer technologies. 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