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are used to creating,” he said. “We try to get them in the door. We try to lower the barrier the entry.”
The library has created a seminar series where faculty can watch a visualization-focused talk in that space. Nutt also created a series of “Coffee & Viz” events to foster a community around visualiza- tion. “Coffee lubricates the social interactions,” Nutt said. “That has been a runaway success. I can’t imagine having a space like that without a program like Coffee & Viz attached to it.”
Measuring Impact
Penn State University has a number of immersive spaces across its many campuses. Its Teaching and Learning with Technology group offers centralized support for faculty interested in VR and immersive displays. But there is also local support for faculty in particular colleges.4
“Not every faculty member
can walk into that room and immediately understand what they should use a huge screen like that for .... We try to get them in the door. We try to lower the barrier the entry.”
— Mike Nutt, North Carolina State University
Virginia Tech’s Cube space
Courtesy of Virginia Tech
