VU Explore Augmented Reality Campus Tour
Victoria University – VU Explore Augmented Reality Campus Tour has been selected as an ABA100® Winner for Mobile Innovation in The Australian Business Awards 2022. The Australian Business Award for Mobile Innovation [MBL] recognises products and services that provide innovative mobile solutions for business and market needs.
“VU Explore uses the latest in mixed reality technology, computer vision and gamification to create a unique AR capability which offers a trulymixed-reality experience. Users find holograms of local native plants during campus events and redeem these hologram collectibles for their corresponding native seedling provided by our VU Iramoo Indigenous Plant Nursery. Users experience the best kind of augmented reality experience when we blend the tactile and virtual environments in truly meaningful ways.”
VU Explore uses the latest in mixed reality technology, computer vision and gamification to create a unique Augmented Reality (AR) campus tour of Victoria University’s (VU) flagship Footscray Park campus via the University’s “VU App” (mobile app).
Prospective students and other campus visitors can use their phones as a gateway into an immersive virtual environment as they explore the site, encountering and capturing collectible AR holograms of indigenous plants local to the region (redeemable for reward) as well as learning about unique key campus facilities, location and course offerings.
Due to COVID over 2020-21, a compelling experience for prospective students was required to replace group tours/campus gatherings. VU Explore provides an engaging way for users to take a self-guided tour, discovering key campus features while enjoying a game which connects them to the University’s strategic drivers and unique history of the location.
For more information about Victoria University and VU App, visit vu.edu.au/about-vu/university-profile and vu.edu.au/current-students/new-to-vu/student-tools-it-services/download-apps-software/victoria-university-app