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James Riggall and Bruce Wolcott Talk About VR at Bellevue College

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In this short social media video developed by Nicole Beattie for Bellevue College web marketing, James Riggall and Bruce Wolcott provide an overview of virtual reality at the college.

The virtual reality communications courses at Bellevue College are among the first undergraduate classes offered in “XR” technologies in the Pacific Northwest.  XR refers to “extended reality” or “mixed reality” – a range of technology-enhanced  experiences that enhance human perception, ranging from full immersion to information augmentation, as seen in the diagram below.

Image from Wikipedia: Giovanni Vincenti

James Riggall, Fulbright Scholar: Northwest Voyage of Discovery

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On September 15th, 2017 James Riggall arrived in Seattle after a 16 hour flight from Launceston, Tasmania to begin a 7 month Fulbright residential scholarship at Bellevue College.

Riggall arrives with a background in virtual reality technologies from the University of Tasmania’s Human Interface Technology Lab, as well as many years of experience creating community-based makerspaces and entrepreneurial startup ventures.  These include BitLink, Innovation Circle, Enterprize, StartUp Tasmania and the TasCatalyst Project.

Riggall’s goals include working with Bellevue College faculty, students and on-campus organizations such as the Library Media Center Collaboratory, RISE Learning Institute, Faculty Commons, and the eLearning Center.

In thisTED talk video, Innovation in Regions, Riggall outlines his commitment to creating an economically thriving and technologically advanced Tasmania, despite its remote geographic location.

This site is set up to chronicle and document Riggall’s activities during his Fulbright residency at Bellevue College.  Come back for updates!

Long Distance Teaching Colleagues

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Photo showing James Launceston meeting with Bruce Wolcott via video conference call
James Riggall and Bruce Wolcott – Launceston to Seattle Newspaper photo credit: Launceston Examiner

Backstory

Fulbright scholar James Riggall and Bellevue College faculty member Bruce Wolcott began their long distance co-teaching relationship in 2010 while working for the Human Interface Technology Lab (HITLab) at the University of Tasmania. The HITLab as well as the Fundamentals of Interactive Entertainment course was made possible through the efforts of virtual reality pioneer, Dr. Thomas Furness.

This teaching relationship formed the basis for James Riggall’s residential Fulbright scholarship at Bellevue College.
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