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Students designed and built a virtual reality tour of JMU’s campus using the latest technology in 360° media and VR. The tour became part of a recruitment exhibit in the newly renovated Madison Hall.
Students designed and built a virtual reality tour of JMU’s campus using the latest technology in 360° media and VR. The tour became part of a recruitment exhibit in the newly renovated Madison Hall.
Students developed AR tools to teach the constituents of chemistry molecules, used motion capture to represent dance movements with dancers from the School of Theatre and Dance, and created a mobile version of the JMU Campus VR Tour for the Center for Global Engagement for international student recruiting.
Students developed a VR tour for JMU Admissions and a study abroad experience for the Center for Global Engagement, brought pre-construction models to augmented reality, and built a laboratory simulation for online graduate students for Communication Sciences and Disorders.
Students worked in multidisciplinary teams to build a self-driving vehicle, and gaining hands-on experience at the intersection of design, engineering, systems, software, controls, and project management.
Students worked with client partners including the Army National Guard, the U.S. Department of State, NATO, the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Students worked with client partners including the American Red Cross, Amazon Web Services, OpenCollar, and the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
Engineering, health, kinesiology, and nursing students worked in multidisciplinary teams to develop solutions to the opioid crisis.
In response to COVID-19, the AR/VR class pivoted from planned projects to explore how immersive
technology could address the impacts of the public health crisis.
Professors from 7 different disciplines (communication studies, health sciences, hotel management, justice studies, nursing, statistics, and writing, rhetoric and technical communication) mentored mixed students teams as they developed impactful solutions to select human trafficking problems.
Students modify drones to carry payloads including cameras and sensors and/or to develop sensors to interact with UAVs that can be used to answer questions and solve problems.
Student teams pursued solutions to challenges based on the needs of client partners from the 11th Wing of the U.S. Air Force, the Defense Logistics Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Department of State, and the Womack Army Medical Center.
In a partnership with BRMi, students cover a variety of business and education applications for RPA as well as the means and methods to intelligently optimize work performance.
Students work with the United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County to collect data about how COVID-19 has affected the economic, social, and health of the ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) population in Harrisonburg.
Students address the complex challenges surrounding the 2020 election, including how the presidential nominating process and Electoral College structure the game and the impact of political parties, superPACs, interest groups, the media, and the increasing role of social media.
Student teams take actual foreign policy challenges and learn how to apply Lean Startup principles to discover and validate agency and user needs and to continually build iterative prototypes to test whether they understand the problem and solution.
Students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts merge theater with technology to create virtual settings and performances.
Through the problem-solving process, teams build requisite skill sets in electrical engineering, Arduino microcontrollers, sensor and motor integration, firmware development, CAD, 3D printing and laser cutting.
Engineering, health, kinesiology, and nursing students work in multidisciplinary teams to develop and communicate solutions to a community health challenge.
JMU X-Labs has partnered with BRMi to cover a variety of business and education applications for RPA as well as the means and methods to intelligently optimize work performance.
Students gain insightful knowledge into the world of CRM and Salesforce to operate as successful System Administrators.