Over Coffee® is on hiatus this week, due to our attendance at the VRARA Global Summit Online. In honor of the summit, here's a special-edition rebroadcast of one of our favorite episodes of 2021, starring Antonia Forster of Unity Technologies. -

(Photo courtesy of Cybera, and used with permission.) - Merging Realities 2021 is just about to happen. - Hosted by Lethbridge College, in Alberta, Canada, this free annual virtual conference is a groundbreaker. -

As the VR/AR Global Summit Online is just about to demonstrate, now is an exciting time for XR.  - From Wednesday, June 2nd through Friday, June 4th, speakers from all over the world will explore new applications of augmented,

  - "Everybody is an innovator," says The Tech Interactive President and CEO Katrina Stevens. - And she and her staff have been living that statement. - Since 1998, San Jose's STEAM-oriented science center, The Tech Interactive,

Programming a robot, and "fun", were once two unrelated concepts. - iRobot's Root® Coding Robot brings them together. - Root® teaches coding by engaging the imagination of students, "ages 4 to 99".   Interacting with the robot,

3D holographic video used to be the stuff of science fiction. - So did the concept of having it platform-agnostic.  And so did the idea of interactive holograms. - Today, thanks to Israel-based Tetavi, all of these have become a reality.

  - "Success for anybody looks (different)," says Unified Robotics creator Delaney Foster. - And since 2015, her first-of-its kind robotics program has allowed students of all abilities to explore their personal definitions of success. -

(Graphic courtesy of NASA, and used with permission.) - NASA's current work on its Artemis lunar exploration program may seem like the stuff of science fiction. - Which makes it that much more mind-blowing. -

What if YOUR science class could provide valuable data to NASA? - What if they could research new areas--with no "textbook" answers?  And, what if students' ultimate discoveries could benefit astronauts aboard the International Space Station? -

Over Coffee® is on Easter-week hiatus!  Please enjoy this update of one of our favorite VR episodes of 2020 as we look forward to the second annual VRARA Global Summit, in June, 2021! (Photo courtesy of The Wild, and used with permission.) -