The campus of the future is here.
Students at Learning Futures are building a virtual replica — also known as a digital twin — of Arizona State University’s Tempe campus, with plans to expand in the near future. They’re calling it the ASUniverse, and designing it to connect fellow students in the metaverse.
Teams at Learning Futures, which is part of ASU Enterprise Technology, focus on exploring and designing immersive learning experiences three to five years into the future.
The student-led collaborative effort aims to blur the lines between the physical and digital environment by allowing students to participate in campus tours, events and classes in an immersive experience from anywhere with access to the internet.
“It's part of this human evolution that's going on where we're becoming integrated with our technology,” said Jesse Murdock, a graduate student studying architecture and a digital twin specialist at Learning Futures. “Our technology is just an extension of ourselves that allows us to connect at a level that brings the world closer.”
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