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XR Community Lab

The XR (extended reality) Community Lab, located in Richter Library Room 326, is available for individual and small group demos in virtual reality and augmented reality.  The lab has an HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Meta Quest 2, Magic Leap, and Microsoft Hololens 2 headsets available. To request a demo or for more information, please contact William Sun, XR Specialist.

Led by Vanessa Rodriguez, Head of Creative Studio, the XR Community Lab is a pilot space and service provided by the University of Miami Libraries in  collaboration with the XR Initiative. 

Subject Specialist

Meta Quest 2

The Meta Quest 2 (formerly Oculus Quest 2) is a virtual reality (VR) headset developed by Meta (formerly Facebook). It is a self-contained unit.

Meta Quest Safety Center

Beat Saber Demo

Beat Saber is a VR rhythm game where you slash the beats of adrenaline-pumping music as they fly towards you, surrounded by a futuristic world.
 

Ecosphere

Uncover extraordinary and diverse ecosystems with ecosphere—a groundbreaking VR nature documentary series.
 

Engage

ENGAGE is a business-focused spatial computing platform. Designed for corporations, professionals, education organizations, and event organizers.
 

HTC Vive

HTC Vive is a virtual reality system. It consists of hardware like its titular virtual reality headsets and accessories, virtual reality software and services, and initiatives that promote applications of virtual reality in sectors like business, arts, and video gaming. VR ready computer is required.

Vive Safety and Regulatory Guide

Richie's Plank Experience

Designed to invoke the strongest possible emotions in the shortest possible time by walking the plank, 80 stories high. 
 

VR Museum of Fine Art

Explore a virtual museum in room-scale VR: see famous sculptures in full, 1:1 scale and see famous paintings without the limitations

The Lab

A compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more.
 

MAGIC LEAP

Magic Leap One is a spatial computer that lets you see and interact with digital content in the world around you. Far more than a headset, Lightwear is a portal into worlds within our world. Its cameras, sensors, speakers and optical relay work together with the superpowered processor in the Lightpack to provide unique input to your visual system for unparalleled experiences. Retinas are the canvas, light is the medium, Magic Leap One is the brush. 

Magic Leap Safety Guides & Regulatory Information

Ambeo

Ambeo - empower listeners to experience and shape new perspectives and realities of sound.


 

Create

Create - Step into a delightfully weird new world of colorful characters, art and physics. Physical and digital barriers dissolve and a new dynamic landscape manifests in your room.
 

​Dr Grordort's Invaders

Dr Grordort's Invaders - The evil robots from the Robot Planet have chosen this building to stage their invasion of Earth. So you’d better grab your ray gun and get blasting.
 

Dinosaur Kit

Dinosaur Kit - a fun, educational app that invites you to assemble dinosaur skeletons from scattered bones.
 

​Tonandi

Tonandi - translates to sound spirit in Icelandic, an interactive audio-visual exploration of the sounds and spirit of Sigur Rós.
 

​Undersea

Undersea - Bring your room to life with beautiful fish, dynamic coral, and breathtaking underwater landscapes.  
 

Microsoft HoloLens

Microsoft HoloLens is an augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) headset developed and manufactured by Microsoft. HoloLens runs the Windows Mixed Reality platform under the Windows 10 operating system. HoloLens has positional tracking technology similar to the Microsoft Kinect, an Xbox accessory.

Product Safety Warnings and Instructions

Oculus Rift

Oculus Rift is a discontinued line of virtual reality headsets developed and manufactured by Oculus VR, a virtual reality company now owned by Meta (formerly Facebook). It was the first virtual reality headset to provide a realistic experience at an accessible price, utilizing novel technology to increase quality and reduce cost by orders of magnitude compared to earlier systems. VR ready computer is required.

Oculus Rift Health and Safety

First Contact

Experience Oculus First Contact, an endearing robotic encounter that introduces you to Touch and hand presence with sci-fi ’80s nostalgia.
 

VR Museum of Fine Art

Explore a virtual museum in room-scale VR: see famous sculptures in full, 1:1 scale and see famous paintings without the limitations

The Lab

A compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more.