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I’ve seen the future of college visits, and it’s powered by Oculus VR
By: Ruth Reader June 29, 2014 When I was a young prospective student looking at schools, I did my search through the College Board website. It gave me basic information: ranking among other...
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Universities Look To Oculus Rift To Lure Students To Campus
By Julian Chokkattu June 30,2014 When you hear “Oculus Rift” you think games, but it looks like virtual tours are becoming a new category to the uses for the virtual reality device. Founders of...
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Yale considers enhanced virtual reality tours
By Rishabh Bhandari July 2, 2014 Within the next few years, prospective students may be able to get a virtual reality tour of the Yale campus using a “ski goggle-like” device known as the Oculus...
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Your Next College Visit Could be Powered by Oculus Rift
By Molly Greenberg July 2, 2014 Screengrab via YouTube As tuition continues to climb alongside airline prices, it has become increasingly more difficult for high schoolers to make traditional college...
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Virtual Reality And The Brave New World Of College Recruiting
By Chase Peterson-Withorn July 7, 2014 As colleges and universities face an increasingly tech-savvy applicant pool, many recruiters are seeking out novel ways to speak the new generation’s language....
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Companies adapt Oculus Rift tech to take users to college campuses and beyond
By Kristen Taketa July 3, 2014 Virtual technology enables students to take 3D tours of universities around the world. The Oculus Rift goggles – originally designed to transport users to fictional...
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Facebook’s vision for Oculus Rift realized: YouVisit takes VR beyond gaming
Caitlin McGarry July 23, 2014 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg boldly claimed that Oculus Rift “has the potential to be the most social platform ever” after acquiring the virtual reality company back...
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Alums, founders of YouVisit.com, serve as inspiration for students
By Jarret Bencks July 23, 2014 Tolka and Baderkhan speak with computer science students about their company and how they aim to use Oculus Rift virtual reality Taher Baderkhan ’03, far left, and...
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Oculus Rift lets students take virtual tours of 5 colleges
By Benny Evangelista July 27, 2014 YouVisit co-founder Endri Tolka uses Oculus Rift to demonstrate one of the company’s virtual college tours. The Facebook-owned Oculus Rift has excited the video game...
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Oculus Rift Fueling New Vision for Virtual Reality in K-12
By Benjamin Herold August 26, 2014 Aaron Gonsalves, a student at the Jackson School, a school for special-needs students in Victoria, Australia, tries out the Oculus Rift virtual-reality system....
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