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  • Team Creates Game-Based Virtual Archaeology Field School

    Feb 10, 2020 9:15 pmNews Article

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    • [Image ID: a man in a button-up shirt stands in a blue-lit classroom, facing the camera. There is a rounded visor over his eyes, and he holds the handles of two controllers with rounded heads. He's in a position as though he is hammering something. In front of him is a yellow computer screen with a lantern, presumably the VR program, on it.]

    Before they can get started at their field site – a giant cave studded with stalactites, stalagmites and human artifacts – 15 undergraduate students must figure out how to use their virtual hands and tools. They also must learn to teleport.

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