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Extended Reality (XR)

Reshaping how we imagine, design,

and experience education.

What is Extended Reality (XR)?

Extended Reality (XR) is an inclusive term used to describe a variety of immersive technologies encompassing Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), and technologies that have yet to be imagined.

What We Do

Unity’s XR initiative empowers the next generation of environmental leaders, content creators, instructional designers, and educators to harness the power of XR technologies to redefine what is possible in distance education and create sustainable solutions for social and environmental challenges. 

How We Do It

Through our research, development, training, and online network, we are connecting XR early adopters and top innovators to explore the application of XR across the full spectrum of teaching and learning. Unity’s XR initiative leverages emerging technologies to enhance the quality of a Unity education and bring the benefits of XR innovation to a wider audience. 

If you would like to support the XR initiative, please consider making a contribution to Unity Environmental University.

Extended Reality

in Online Courses

Take on the role of a field researcher as you board a NOAA research vessel to conduct offshore population surveys of large marine mammals.

Virtual Ocean

MBAQ 310 Marine Mammal and Seabird Biology and MARI 520 Identification and Life History of Marine Mammals

Virtual Ocean
Virtual Forest Distance Sampling

Experience a day in the life of a conservation scientist. Students enter a virtual deciduous forest equipped with a laser rangefinder to locate and count a specific species and use that information to estimate that species’ population.

Virtual Forest Distance Sampling

The Unity Environmental University Animal Handling simulator is designed to give students a risk-free environment to learn to handle dogs and cats and administer vaccines and/or obtain blood samples.

Animal Behavior Veterinary Simulation

Animal Behavior Veterinary Simulation

Have you ever wanted to become a crime scene investigator? In Unity College’s Distance Education crime scene and forensics courses students use an XR simulation to investigate a murder and attempt to preserve the evidence.

Crime Scene Investigation using Virtual Reality

Crime Scene Investigation using Virtual Reality
3D Authoring Tool

Beyond taking an active role in XR simulations, students learn how to design and build immersive experiences. Unity College XR is developing an authoring tool that will enable students, faculty, and instructional designers to manipulate and annotate 3D models.

3D Authoring Tool
Virtual Ocean

Take on the role of a field researcher as you board a NOAA research vessel to conduct offshore population surveys of large marine mammals.

Virtual Ocean

MBAQ 310 Marine Mammal and Seabird Biology and MARI 520 Identification and Life History of Marine Mammals
Virtual Forest Distance Sampling

Experience a day in the life of a conservation scientist. Students enter a virtual deciduous forest equipped with a laser rangefinder to locate and count a specific species and use that information to estimate that species’ population.

Virtual Forest Distance Sampling
Animal Behavior Veterinary Simulation

The Unity Environmental University Animal Handling simulator is designed to give students a risk-free environment to learn to handle dogs and cats and administer vaccines and/or obtain blood samples.

Animal Behavior Veterinary Simulation
Crime Scene Investigation using Virtual Reality

Have you ever wanted to become a crime scene investigator? In Unity College’s Distance Education crime scene and forensics courses students use an XR simulation to investigate a murder and attempt to preserve the evidence.

Crime Scene Investigation using Virtual Reality
3D Authoring Tool

Beyond taking an active role in XR simulations, students learn how to design and build immersive experiences. Unity College XR is developing an authoring tool that will enable students, faculty, and instructional designers to manipulate and annotate 3D models.

3D Authoring Tool