Gizmag: That iconic flying bike scene from the film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial has been relegated to the annals of pop culture science fiction for far too long now. Fortunately, three Czech companies with the support of France's Dassault Systemes have just conducted the first test flight of their own two-wheeled, airborne vehicle, dubbed the "F-Bike."
John Stokoe of Dassault Systèmes explains VR's key and varied role in the future of education.
Forbes - Back when I was in college and grad school, we still used microfiche and the Dewey Decimal System. Today’s students get the full benefit of cutting-edge technology to enhance their education. I was able to check out some proprietary new 3D technology in Cambridge at Harvard University, where Egyptology students are being offered courses that literally transport them to a real-time virtual reconstruction of the Giza Plateau, based on actual archeological data gathered by Harvard and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) expeditions to Egypt in the first part of the 20th century.
Peter Der Manuelian, the Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology at Harvard University, teaches these classes in a dark room that holds up to 20 students. Rather than lecture from the front of the room, he sits in the back, wearing 3D glasses. His students stare at the giant circular 23-foot wall that has been custom-tailored to transport them into an accurate depiction of the famous Giza Plateau.
Aww, man, I could have sworn I had an E.T. joke for this... Nope, it's gone.