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XR Community Lab

The XR (extended reality) Community Lab, located in Richter Library Room 326, is available for individual and small group demos in virtual reality and augmented reality.  The lab has an HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Meta Quest 2, Magic Leap, and Microsoft Hololens 2 headsets available. To request a demo or for more information, please contact William Sun, XR Specialist.

Led by Vanessa Rodriguez, Head of Creative Studio, the XR Community Lab is a pilot space and service provided by the University of Miami Libraries in  collaboration with the XR Initiative. 

Subject Specialist

William Sun

Vanessa Rodriguez

Meta Quest 2
The Meta Quest 2 (formerly Oculus Quest 2) is a virtual reality (VR) headset developed by Meta (formerly Facebook). It is a self-contained unit.

Meta Quest Safety Center
Beat Saber Demo
Beat Saber is a VR rhythm game where you slash the beats of adrenaline-pumping music as they fly towards you, surrounded by a futuristic world.
 
Ecosphere
Uncover extraordinary and diverse ecosystems with ecosphere—a groundbreaking VR nature documentary series.
 
Engage
ENGAGE is a business-focused spatial computing platform. Designed for corporations, professionals, education organizations, and event organizers.
 
HTC Vive
HTC Vive is a virtual reality system. It consists of hardware like its titular virtual reality headsets and accessories, virtual reality software and services, and initiatives that promote applications of virtual reality in sectors like business, arts, and video gaming. VR ready computer is required.

Vive Safety and Regulatory Guide
Richie's Plank Experience
Designed to invoke the strongest possible emotions in the shortest possible time by walking the plank, 80 stories high. 
 
VR Museum of Fine Art
Explore a virtual museum in room-scale VR: see famous sculptures in full, 1:1 scale and see famous paintings without the limitations
The Lab
A compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more.
 
MAGIC LEAP

Magic Leap One is a spatial computer that lets you see and interact with digital content in the world around you. Far more than a headset, Lightwear is a portal into worlds within our world. Its cameras, sensors, speakers and optical relay work together with the superpowered processor in the Lightpack to provide unique input to your visual system for unparalleled experiences. Retinas are the canvas, light is the medium, Magic Leap One is the brush. 

Magic Leap Safety Guides & Regulatory Information

Ambeo
Ambeo - empower listeners to experience and shape new perspectives and realities of sound.


 
Create
Create - Step into a delightfully weird new world of colorful characters, art and physics. Physical and digital barriers dissolve and a new dynamic landscape manifests in your room.
 
​Dr Grordort's Invaders
Dr Grordort's Invaders - The evil robots from the Robot Planet have chosen this building to stage their invasion of Earth. So you’d better grab your ray gun and get blasting.
 
Dinosaur Kit
Dinosaur Kit - a fun, educational app that invites you to assemble dinosaur skeletons from scattered bones.
 
​Tonandi
Tonandi - translates to sound spirit in Icelandic, an interactive audio-visual exploration of the sounds and spirit of Sigur Rós.
 
​Undersea
Undersea - Bring your room to life with beautiful fish, dynamic coral, and breathtaking underwater landscapes.  
 
Microsoft HoloLens
Microsoft HoloLens is an augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) headset developed and manufactured by Microsoft. HoloLens runs the Windows Mixed Reality platform under the Windows 10 operating system. HoloLens has positional tracking technology similar to the Microsoft Kinect, an Xbox accessory.

Product Safety Warnings and Instructions
Oculus Rift
Oculus Rift is a discontinued line of virtual reality headsets developed and manufactured by Oculus VR, a virtual reality company now owned by Meta (formerly Facebook). It was the first virtual reality headset to provide a realistic experience at an accessible price, utilizing novel technology to increase quality and reduce cost by orders of magnitude compared to earlier systems. VR ready computer is required.

Oculus Rift Health and Safety
First Contact
Experience Oculus First Contact, an endearing robotic encounter that introduces you to Touch and hand presence with sci-fi ’80s nostalgia.
 
VR Museum of Fine Art
Explore a virtual museum in room-scale VR: see famous sculptures in full, 1:1 scale and see famous paintings without the limitations
The Lab
A compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more.
 

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