The Interactive Commons (IC) at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) was established in 2014 as a center to connect individuals from across our campus and our region through advanced visualization to further research and education.
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The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Jumps In To a Narwhal Visit With The IC
In October of 2019, The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History opened its door for a one night only experience of 3D Narwhal whales swimming around guests in an immersive experience using the Microsoft HoloLens. The IC team, along with CWRU Alum, Martin Nweeia, created this educational application to teach guests about Narwhals environment, their tusks…
IC and CMA MIX Event Kicks Off Michelangelo Exhibit
Cleveland Museum of Art hosted CMA MIX in October 2019 to kick off their Michelangelo: Mind of the Master exhibition. This gallery took guests through a journey of multiple figures and close studies of human anatomy. The IC created an immersive and interactive HoloLens experience for guests as they attended the mixer.
Levar Burton Impressed By His Visit To The Interactive Commons
Actor, children’s literacy and AIDS research advocate, Levar Burton was named Inamori Ethics prize winner. Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence annually presents the Inamori Ethics Prize to a recipient who demonstrates exemplary ethical leadership; the prize honors ethical leaders whose actions and influence greatly improve the human condition. Burton came to CWRU campus…
IC Visits With Army’s Medical Operations Team
Mark Griswold, Interactive Commons Faculty Director and Erin Henninger, Interactive Commons Executive Director, had the chance to meet with the Army’s Medical Operations team to demonstrate CWRU’s use of the Microsoft HoloLens and how they could utilize HoloAnatomy. The Interactive Commons has also created an EMT training simulation demo, designed for the U.S. Department of…
Dance Department Collaborator First In The Arts To Be Honored Distinguished Research Award
Gary Galbraith, MFA, Faculty Director of the Department of Dance at CWRU was awarded the 2019 Faculty Distinguished Research Award. Galbraith choreographed a first of its kind piece Imagined Odyssey which premiered in Fall of 2017. This piece had dancers interacting with holograms as audience members wore Microsoft HoloLens headsets to view the performance. He…
Study on HoloAnatomy Software published in Medical Education Journal
New study on the benefits of our HoloAnatomy® Software application as a supplement to traditional cadaveric dissection in medical education. “A new supplement to gross anatomy dissection: HoloAnatomy®.” Wish-Baratz, S., Gubatina, A. P., Enterline, R., & Griswold, M. A. (2019). Medical Education, 53(5), 522-523 Read full article here (requires additional access).
IC Faculty Director on radio discussing CMA Open Access Project
IC Faculty Director Professor Mark Griswold was interviewed on NPR to discuss the limitless possibilities of Open Access, which brings the Cleveland Museum of Art’s extensive collection into digital public access, in part through mixed reality. Listen here.
Featured Twice in Educause’s 2018 Horizon Report
The EDUCAUSE 2018 Horizon Report (formally the New Media Consortium Horizon Report) strives to look at practices likely to enter mainstream use within the next 5 years, and cites examples. CWRU is called out twice – The ThinkBox in Maker Spaces (Pg. 40) and the Interactive Commons and the use of HoloLens in the dance performance…
IC Exec Director on the Radio
IC Executive Director Erin Henninger was on the radio, Channel 89.3 KCUR, discussing the opportunities for holographic imagery in medical education on the show Up to Date. Take a listen! Her interview begins at 21:40, segment 2. (Keep listening to segment 3 to hear from Sen. Bernie Sanders reflecting on his 2016 presidential campaign in…
The IC Featured in Educause Review
The IC’s work on mixed reality education was featured in an article by CWRU CIO Sue Workman that appeared in Educause. The article focuses on how the technology and the ability to interact with 3D holograms—while also seeing instructors and classmates—provided extraordinary learning opportunities to advance the study of anatomy. The Microsoft HoloLens allows wearers…