XR Projects

For the last decade, there's been a variety of projects on campus to explore and develop XR environments to aid instructors and students objectives in teaching, learning, and research. Now, we would like to collectively pool our campus' rich knowledge to expand and explore future learning experiences.

Barfield 3d Foundations App Demo 2023

AR Image Recognition App for 3D Sculpture

2022

3D Foundations course embeds VR sketching and AR review in the learning pipeline

Doudrick - Lake Michigan Water Treatment

CE30320 Physical-Chemical Water Treatment Processes and Design

2018 Grant Funded

Virtual Reality Tour of the St. Joseph, Michigan Drinking Water Treatment Plant

Gaming Analytics and Business Research Lab (GAMA Lab)

2018

The GAMA Lab dedicates the highest scholarly attention to questions of gaming economics, artificial intelligence, and design and innovation in e-sports.

Hafencity map

Hafencity: Carbon Neutral Urban Design

2023 Grant Funded

By providing students with a virtual environment that simulates a carbon-neutral city, the hope is to create a context in which they can explore and experiment with different sustainable technologies and practices.

Holtz reading room vr tour

Hesburgh Library's Lou Holtz Reading Room 360 Simulation Tour

2022

Tour the new Beth and Lou Holtz Family Grand Reading Room!

Itreds Program

iTREDS: Examining Collaboration in the Metaverse

2023

College of Engineering professor leads cohort of Lucy Institute undergraduate fellows in research on socio-collaboration in the metaverse

Romeo and the Apothecary

Killing Romeo: a Serious Game for Medical Ethics

2022

We built a serious VR game to enable ethical role-based reflection about medicine and ethics in the classroom. And yes, it's about Romeo and Juliet.

A young woman has a black and white VR headset while a student worker is standing next to her helping her get adjusted to using the controllers in her hands.

Law School Car Crash Simulator

2019

Could VR disrupt the practice of law by making virtual recreations fool jurors into believing they witnessed the actual event?

ND Studios Escape Room VR game

NDStudios VR Escape Room

2022

Student club takes ND Studios internship and football game-day as inspiration for a VR Escape Room

Padua Anatomy Theater VR

Padua's Anatomy Theater in VR

2022

Renaissance Padua's teatro anatomico: the teaching power of a digital twin

Krause Ar

RockneAR: 8thWall Scavenger Hunt

2023

The statues of Notre Dame's storied football coaches get a new look with WebAR

VR Snite Museum game play

Snite Museum VR App Prototype

2022

Senior FTT major develops VR app to assist curators, exhibit designers of ND's art museums

A birds-eye view of the ancient city of Butrint.

The Roman Forum at Butrint: Excavations Dig Site 360 Tour

2017 Grant Funded

The Roman Forum Excavations (RFE) Project is bringing to light Albania's first UNESCO World Heritage Site and unearthing a story that spans millennia.

El Paso, Texas, skyline at sunset with the Franklin Mountains in the background.

The Virtual Borders Project (Phase 1)

2025

Virtual Borders is a mixed media project that aims to bridge the gap between the abstract concept of border migration and its complex reality.

James Joyce Textorized

Virtual Ulysses: Escape from Sandy Cove

2022

Celebrating 100 years of James Joyce's Ulysses with a rare view of Dublin

360 Video Peace Tech Lisa Schirch

VR for Peace Building Course Pilot

2022 Grant Funded

Lisa Schirch, ND Learning grant, teach students how the use of digital technology is shaping peacebuilding and can influence policymakers

VR Headset Redesign

2023

Designing VR headsets that work for all