Town - VRAR program

Together with Code Explorers, the Town of Miami Lakes is launching the world?s first Virtual/Augmented Reality Sustainability with Empathy curriculum for Kids iIn 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted a set of goals to improve quality of education, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustaEach goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years. For the goals to be reached, everyone needs to do their part: Governments, the private secIn April 2019, The Children?s Trust in Miami awarded Code Explorers an Innovation Grant to develop the first sustainable and emphathy curriculum to teach students to create virtual and augmented reality content and storytelling while being Code Explorers and the Town of Miami Lakes will be the pioneers introducing this program to the community. The idea is to create community engagement around locVirtual and Augmented Reality (VRAR) is a brand new user interface unlike any other immersing a person in a digital 3D environment instead of watching on a display. Computer-generated imagery and content aim at simulating a real presence thAugmented Reality (AR) connects digital content with the real world merging the In current educational environment, virtual technologies have a place of value as they make it easier for students to understand and assimilate the information they are given. It?s much more exciting for students to learn by creating virtual content such as a virtual trip below the water while reading about it.