{"id":825,"date":"2025-06-25T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/nwxr-dev\/?p=825"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:31:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:31:54","slug":"nwxr-project-and-student-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/nwxr\/2025\/06\/25\/nwxr-project-and-student-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"NWXR Project and Student Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p>On June 18, we hosted the NWXR Project Showcase at Bellevue College, featuring student projects from the XR Development &amp; Client Collaboration course, along with works-in-progress from faculty funded by NWXR\u2019s mini grant program. The event brought together students, faculty, industry professionals, and members of the XR Lab for an inspiring afternoon of presentations, feedback, and discussion around immersive learning tools.<br><br>The showcase highlighted a diverse range of XR projects that were developed over six months of hands-on work, collaboration with clients, and iteration based on user feedback. After the showcase, students brought their prototypes to the campus-wide Making Learning Visible event, where other students and faculty had the chance to explore and test the experiences themselves.<br><br>Each project is now available as an open educational resource (OER), complete with trailers, development documentation, process insights, and GitHub links\u2014so others can explore, reuse, or build on the work.<br>View the OER Projects and Videos<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Atom Visualization<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p>A VR tool to help biology students explore atomic structures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p><strong>OER Page: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oercommons.org\/courseware\/lesson\/131295\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/oercommons.org\/courseware\/lesson\/131295\/overview<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Atom Visualization \u2013 Final Project Presentation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-g2fzFf11Eo?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Performance Playground<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p>Practice guitar in front of a virtual audience to build stage confidence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p><br><strong>OER Page:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/oercommons.org\/courseware\/lesson\/131475\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/oercommons.org\/courseware\/lesson\/131475\/overview<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Performance Playground \u2013 Final Project Presentation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yza8uTTjswg?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Squirrel Quest<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p>A VR rehab game for wheelchair users using the Sensoria Mat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p><strong>OER Page<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/oercommons.org\/courseware\/lesson\/131473\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/oercommons.org\/courseware\/lesson\/131473\/overview<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Squirrel Quest \u2013 Final Project Presentation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fbStliXy_yI?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p>We\u2019re proud of the creativity and dedication these students brought to their projects, and grateful to everyone who participated and supported the showcase. Special thanks to the Pacific Northwest Open Extended Reality Initiative for supporting this event and helping make these open resources possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 18, we hosted the NWXR Project Showcase at Bellevue College, featuring student projects from the XR Development &amp; Client Collaboration course, along with works-in-progress from faculty funded by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3313,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"summary":"On June 18, we hosted the NWXR Project Showcase at Bellevue College, featuring student projects from the XR Development &amp; Client Collaboration course, along with works-in-progress from faculty funded by NWXR\u2019s mini grant program. 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