Think that’s a real hologram Obi Wan? You need to go back to school. / Source:Supplied
Australian students are being taught via hologram in a revolutionary world first that is being trialled at a Canberra school.
The new “mixed reality” technology will enable history students to walk through a 3,000 year old building or science students to step inside a molecule or witness the inner workings of the human heart.
The experimental program, being conducted by global education company Pearson, uses the Microsoft HoloLens, which is described as “the world’s first untethered holographic computer”.
Unlike conventional virtual reality goggles, the device inserts a 3D interactive hologram into the “real world” – much like a real life Roger Rabbit.
The user is able to interact with, for example, the inner workings of a life-sized human body in the classroom or walk among a 3D rendering of the solar system.
The technology also has the potential for a student to “HoloSkype” into a lesson, enabling teachers to interact with whatever the student is doing in real time.
In short, it makes Princess Leia’s message to Obi Wan Kenobi seem like it really does belong a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
The technology is being trialled this week by Pearson’s Immersive Learning division at Canberra Grammar School.
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Source: News.com.au