{"id":15643,"date":"2019-09-17T09:53:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T13:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=15643"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:18","slug":"provost-announces-xr-initiative-to-spur-collaboration-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/17\/provost-announces-xr-initiative-to-spur-collaboration-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Provost announces XR initiative to spur collaboration, innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338.png\" alt=\"Woman wearing VR\/AR goggles, holding controllers.\" class=\"wp-image-15650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>(Academic Innovation)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U-M will advance its work in extended reality, or XR, through a major campuswide initiative <a href=\"https:\/\/record.umich.edu\/articles\/provost-announces-xr-initiative-to-spur-collaboration-innovation\/\">announced Sept. 16 by Provost Martin Philbert<\/a>. The three-year funded commitment led by the Center for Academic Innovation will leverage emerging XR technologies to strengthen the quality of a Michigan education, cultivate an interdisciplinary scholarly community of practice, and enhance a nationwide network for academic innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur commitment to academic excellence is longstanding,\u201d Philbert said. \u201cThe XR initiative will provide significant opportunities to explore how these new technologies can bolster excellence \u2014 in student learning, in new research possibilities and in serving the world more effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">XR encompasses augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality and other variations of these forms of computer-generated real and virtual combined environments and human-machine interactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U-M will advance its work in extended reality, or XR, through a major campuswide initiative announced Sept. 16 by Provost Martin Philbert. The three-year funded commitment led by the Center for Academic Innovation will leverage emerging XR technologies to strengthen the quality of a Michigan education, cultivate an interdisciplinary scholarly community of practice, and enhance a nationwide network\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/17\/provost-announces-xr-initiative-to-spur-collaboration-innovation\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[479,128],"class_list":["post-15643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-academic-innovation","tag-xr"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338.png",600,338,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338-200x113.png",200,113,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338-300x169.png",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338.png",600,338,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338.png",600,338,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338.png",600,338,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338.png",600,338,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338-600x300.png",600,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338.png",600,338,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/xr-initative-600x338.png",400,225,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"U-M will advance its work in extended reality, or XR, through a major campuswide initiative announced Sept. 16 by Provost Martin Philbert. 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