EML works with faculty members across all disciplines to create innovative software tools to support teaching/learning and research, using emerging technologies like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR).
EML is currently accepting project proposals from UBC faculty for Fall 2022 – Spring 2023. Submit a proposal now!
Current Projects
Past Projects
Virtual Co-Locator
Creates an alternative video calling platform that seeks to include features and effects such as facial detection and creative backgrounds to allow video meetings to be customized to suit different settings and topics.
Fossa Finder
Fossa Finder An interactive educational virtual reality tool to aid anatomy education with regards to the Pterygopalatine Fossa Gallery The latest demo can be found here.
Main Mall Hustle
Main Mall Hustle A Google Cardboard VR viewer experience that drops you right into the middle of life on campus. Experience UBC even before coming to Vancouver! Gallery
Language Chatsim
Language Chatsim Allows users to pick between English or German to practice speaking with an avatar in virtual reality. Gallery
Digital Dream Play
Digital Dream Play Adapted from August Strindberg’s A Dream Play by the students of THTR 472 Gallery
Ancient Athens
Ancient Anthens Aims to provide an immersive experience of buildings in ancient times. Gallery
3D Educational Resources (Photogrammetry)
This project aims to create an online repository of three-dimensional resources for academic collaborators and to develop UBC expertise in technological and pedagogical approaches to 3D objects and learning in response to classrooms moving online.
Interactive Orchestra
Interactive Orchestra Creates a more convenient bridge between student learning in the classroom and experiential learning in front of an orchestra through the utilization of 3D space and sound. Gallery
Stanley Park Geography VR Field Trip
Stanley Park Geography VR Field Trip Focuses on Stanley Park as virtual reality experience, with 3D spatial environment models, ground level photogrammetry, and the Unity game engine.
ScholarsVR
The project was a collaboration between UBC EML, CDM, and SFU SIAT to create an application where users can experience scholarly writing in an immersive environment.
Jupyter 3D
Jupyter 3D A set of tools being developed to allow users to display and interact with data in VR.
Digital Glass
Digital Glass Joint initiative between Emerging Media Lab and UBC Studios aimed at redesigning the existing UBC Lightboard.
VR in Pain Control
VR in Pain Control An exploratory approach using a case series and personal interviews; the value of VR to be used as an adjunctive therapy for chronic pain patients in their own homes.
360 Videos
360 Videos A tour of various iconic sites on the UBC campus and within the city of Vancouver. Whether you want to take in some (virtual) sun on the beach or take a stroll through the treetops along a canopy walkway, this tour will give a quick sense of what student experience will be like […]
3D Metabolism
The objective of this project is to provide a novel way to visualize the information contained in a metabolic network to make it easier to consume and understand.
Socratic Dialogues
Socratic Dialogues Explores the dynamic between Socratic interactive inquiries and search engines in an educational setting Gallery
Physics World
Physics World A virtual reality/ augmented reality educational physics game that helps users understand physics in a fun way. Gallery
Electrocardiography Visualization and Classification
Traditionally, ECGs are viewed in a 1D format, which can show around a minute's worth of data on one screen. However, cardiologists need data ranging from 30 minutes to 8 hours for diagnostic purposes, requiring them to go through multiple ECG graphs and put them together, which can be quite a cumbersome process.
OER Geomatics
Enhancing geomatic teaching and learning at UBC and beyond through interactive "click and discover" textbook
Geospatial Audio
Geospatial Audio Immersive storytelling through geo-located audio. Gallery April 2022 January 2022
Moot Court
Moot Court A simulator that captures the experience of a moot court Gallery April 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021
Hackspace for Innovation and Visualization in Education (H.I.V.E.)
HoloBrain in WebVR
HoloBrain in WebVR Inspired by the HoloBrain’s ability to display spatial relationships between brain structures in AR, Holobrain in Webvr aims at delivering a similar experience to a wider audience.
Pocket Pelvis
Pocket Pelvis PocketPelvis is an AR app to 3D visualize the pelvic area, one of the most anatomically complex area in the human body. Compared to other learning tools like textbooks or cadavers, the app provides a unique learning experience for medical students learning to visualize the pelvis in 3D.