Penn State Virtual/Augmented Reality Lab

Learn about VAR lab from the perspective of a faculty affiliate

Give us a follow & check out the 3D lidar scans by our student researchers @ https://sites.psu.edu/varlab/lidar-scans/

This Thanksgiving we are thankful for our student researchers!! Give us a follow & check out their work @ https://sites.psu.edu/varlab

In addition to VAR Lab’s ongoing Fort LeBoeuf in VR project, we have also partnered with a larger historical preservation effort in Erie, PA, to preserve the history associated with the Fort Presque Isle site. On the eastern edge of what is now the city of Erie, colonial French forces, then British forces, and finally American soldiers constructed three overlapping fortifications to command the southern shore of Lake Erie. In collaboration with Three Forts of Presque Isle LLC and Fivestone Studios, as well as the Pennsylvania Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home (where the last remaining structure stands, an American blockhouse), VAR Lab continues to engage students with exciting digital history work, as we seek to use XR technology to share the story of this important site.

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to our founder/director, Dr. Chris Shelton!